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US11526352B2	Hardware processor and method for loading a microcode patch from cache into patch memory and reloading an overwritten micro-operation Hardware processors and methods for extended microcode patching through on-die and off-die secure storage are described. In one embodiment, the additional storage resources used for storing micro-operations are section(s) of a cache that are unused at runtime and/or unused by a configuration of a processor. For example, the additional storage resources may be a section of a cache that is used to store context information from a core when the core is transitioned to a power state that shuts off voltage to the core. Non-limiting examples of such sections are one or more sections for storage of context information for a transition of a thread to idle or off, storage of context information for a transition of a core for a multiple core processor to idle or off, or storage of coherency information for a transition of a cache coherency circuit (e.g., cache box (CBo)) to idle or off.
US11526343B2	System for improved evaluation of semiconductor hardware and corresponding method A system and method for improved evaluation of semiconductor hardware is provided. The system comprises a firmware repository server, which firmware repository server comprises a plurality of firmware packages for the one or more evaluation hardware boards. The firmware repository server is further configured to: receive a firmware request for a user evaluation hardware board from a first of the client devices, search the plurality of firmware packages for compatible firmware packages for the user evaluation hardware board, generate a catalog of the compatible firmware packages for the user evaluation hardware board, transmit the catalog to the first client device, receive a request for a user selected firmware package from the catalog of compatible firmware packages, and to transmit firmware of the user selected firmware package to the client device for installation on the user evaluation hardware board.
US11526337B2	Systems and methods for consistent feature flag evaluation Described herein is a computer implemented method. The method comprises executing an application defining a feature flag, the execution of the application being associated with a user identifier. The method further comprises determining if version data associated with the feature flag and user identifier is stored in a local data store. In response determining that the version data associated with the feature flag and user identifier is stored in the local data store an evaluation request is generated that includes the version data and the user identifier. The evaluation request is then communicated to a feature flag evaluation service.
US11526333B2	Graph outcome determination in domain-specific execution environment A method includes obtaining identifiers of entities and symbolic artificial intelligence (AI) models configured to produce outputs responsive to inputs based on events caused by at least one of the entities. At least some of the entities are associated with outputs of respective symbolic AI models and have respective scores corresponding to the respective outputs of the symbolic AI models. The method may include obtaining scenarios, where each scenario includes simulated inputs corresponding to one or more simulated events, and at least some scenarios include a plurality of simulated inputs. The method may also include determining a population of scores of a given entity among the entities, where respective members of the population of scores correspond to respective outputs of the plurality of symbolic AI models, and where the respective outputs correspond to respective scenarios among the scenarios and storing the population of scores in memory.
US11526330B1	Universal interferometer and systems and methods for universal three-dimensional quantum random number generation A universal interferometer for a three-dimensional quantum random number generator (3D QRNG) that includes three input ports. Each input port being configured to receive at least one prepared photon having three dimensions of quantum information in Hilbert space from a preparation stage of the 3D QRNG. The prepared photon is prepared based on a selected probability distribution set selected from probability distribution sets of p1, p2 and p3 that add to 1 and where the p1, the p2 and the p3 are rational numbers less than 1 and greater than zero. The universal interferometer includes three two-dimensional interferometers connected and arranged to measure along an x-axis of a Cartesian coordinate system the prepared photon and preserving the three dimensions of the quantum information of the measured photon. The universal interferometer includes three output ports which produces the measured photon corresponding to a three-dimensional eigenstate.
US11526323B2	Facilitation of concurrent consumption of media content by multiple users using superimposed animation Example apparatus, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media facilitate concurrent consumption of media content by multiple users using superimposed animation. Example instructions, when executed, cause at least one processor of an electronic user device to at least cause a display to present media and a visual representation of a remote individual, the visual representation including at least a portion of a human profile; identify a direction of a gaze of a user of the electronic user device based on signals output by one or more sensors of the electronic user device; and determine whether the gaze of the user is directed toward the display of the media or the display of the visual representation based on the direction of the gaze.
US11526315B2	Image processing apparatus configured to encode identification information about a package for delivery An image processing apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to accept, through the input device, a user input of identification information about a package for delivery, acquire information about a plurality of document types used in a delivery service, generate a screen displayed on the display, the screen showing a preview of a print image for each of the document types, upon selection of a previewed print image, encode the identification information into a code, and output the selected print image together with the code for printing. The previewed print image includes a signature field and a code field in which the code is to be printed.
US11526301B2	Memory system and non-volatile memory control method According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a non-volatile memory, and a controller. The controller selects one read method from a plurality of read methods with different time required to perform a read operation on the non-volatile memory and issues a first read command according to the selected one read method to the non-volatile memory.
US11526298B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a read voltage in a memory system A memory system determines a level of a read voltage, which is used for reading or recognizing data stored in non-volatile memory cells, in response to a change of a threshold voltage distribution which gradually widens due to charge loss or charge transfer in the non-volatile memory cells over time, so that it is possible to provide an apparatus and method which can avoid or reduce an error in a read operation.
US11526290B2	System and method to track physical address accesses by a CPU or device A system for tracking memory access patterns to be used in making data placement and migration policies. The system includes a processing unit and a system memory. The system memory includes a local memory and a remote memory, each of which having mapped thereon, a plurality of memory pages. Each of the plurality of memory pages corresponds to one or more physical addresses. A set of attributes for each memory page is stored in a physical attribute table (PAT). The PAT is looked up and the attributes updated when a memory access is detected. Attributes stored in the PAT are used to control the movement of memory pages between the local memory and the remote memory. When the attributes in the PAT indicate a remote memory page is being accessed frequently by the processing unit, the remote memory page is moved from the remote memory to the local memory.
US11526286B1	Adaptive snapshot chunk sizing for snapshots of block storage volumes A storage manager implements adaptive snapshot chunk sizing, wherein snapshot chunks are sized differently based on an access pattern for volume data to be included in the respective snapshot chunks. For example, sequentially accessed sectors of a volume may be grouped into snapshot chunks of varying sizes and individually accessed sectors may be snapshotted as individual snapshot chunks. When a volume is populated from the snapshot chunks, the volume data is re-mapped into standard sized volume blocks. In some embodiments, an optimized manifest is generated indicting an order in which the snapshot chunks are to be used to populate a volume to perform a launch process using the volume. In some embodiments, adaptively sized snapshot chunks and a corresponding optimized manifest are used to accelerate performing a launch using a volume populated from a snapshot, such as launching an operating system, an application, a database, a machine image, etc.
US11526285B2	Memory device for neural networks A memory device includes: a memory array used for implementing neural networks (NN), the NN including a plurality of layers; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller being configured for: determining a computation duration of a first data of a first layer of the plurality of layers; selecting a first program operation if the computation duration of the first data of the first layer is shorter than a threshold; and selecting a second program operation if the computation duration of the first data of the first layer is longer than the threshold, wherein the second program operation has a longer program pulse time than the first program operation.
US11526279B2	Technologies for performing column architecture-aware scrambling Technologies for scrambling functions in a column-addressable memory architecture includes a device having a memory and a circuitry. The memory includes a matrix storing individually addressable bit data, and the matrix is formed by rows and columns. The circuitry is to receive a request to perform a write operation of one or more bit values to one of the columns. The circuitry is further to determine a scrambler state at each location of the column, the location corresponding to a respective row and column index. The scrambler state is indicative of a function used to determine a value at the respective column location. Each of the bit values is scrambled as a function of the scrambler state for the respective column location and written thereto.
US11526278B2	Adaptive page close prediction Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing efficient memory accesses for a computing system are disclosed. In various embodiments, a computing system includes one or more computing resources and a memory controller coupled to a memory device. The memory controller determines a memory access request targets a given bank of multiple banks. An access history is updated for the given bank based on whether the memory access request hits on an open page within the given bank and a page hit rate for the given bank is determined. The memory controller sets an idle cycle limit based on the page hit rate. The idle cycle limit is a maximum amount of time the given bank will be held open before closing the given bank while the bank is idle. The idle cycle limit is based at least in part on a page hit rate for the bank.
US11526275B2	Creation and use of an efficiency set to estimate an amount of data stored in a data set of a storage system having one or more characteristics Systems and methods for sampling a set of block IDs to facilitate estimating an amount of data stored in a data set of a storage system having one or more characteristics are provided. According to an example, metadata (e.g., block headers and block IDs) may be maintained regarding multiple data blocks of the data set. When one or more metrics relating to the data set are desired, an efficiency set, representing a subset of the block IDs of the data set, may be created to facilitate efficient calculation of the metrics by statistically sampling the block IDs of the data set. Finally, the metrics may be estimated based on the efficiency set by analyzing one or more of the metadata (e.g., block headers) and the data contained in the data blocks corresponding to the subset of the block IDs and extrapolating the metrics for the entirety of the data set.
US11526267B2	Setting apparatus, setting method, and storage medium A setting method for setting a parameter of a virtual viewpoint relating to a virtual viewpoint video to be generated based on images captured by a plurality of cameras includes receiving a first user operation relating to a first parameter relating to a position of a virtual viewpoint, determining a settable range of a second parameter of the virtual viewpoint by using the first parameter based on the received first user operation, and setting the first parameter based on the received first user operation and the second parameter that is based on a second user operation different from the first user operation and falls within the determined settable range as parameters of the virtual viewpoint.
US11526248B2	Touch panel and touch display device with sensing electrodes formed by a plurality of conductive lines A touch panel includes a base, sensing electrodes disposed on the base, and at least two touch lines disposed on the base and crossing a sensing electrode in the sensing electrodes. The sensing electrode includes a plurality of first conductive lines that are substantially parallel to each other and a plurality of second conductive lines that are substantially parallel to each other. The at least two touch lines are substantially parallel to the plurality of first conductive lines. The at least two touch lines include first touch line(s) electrically connected to the sensing electrode and second touch line(s) not electrically connected to the sensing electrode. An orthographic projection of each second touch line on the base is non-overlapping with orthographic projections of the plurality of first conductive lines on the base.
US11526243B2	Driving method of touch electronic device The disclosure discloses a driving method of a touch electronic device. The driving method includes the following steps. A panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode is provided. The first sensing electrode is disposed on the first substrate, and the second sensing electrode is disposed on the second substrate and is located between the second substrate and the first sensing electrode. A touch sensing mode is performed in a frame period, and execution of the touch sensing mode includes performing identical driving on the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode.
US11526238B2	Interactive environment with virtual environment space scanning An interactive environment image may be displayed in a virtual environment space, and interaction with the interactive environment image may be detected within a three-dimensional space that corresponds to the virtual environment space. The interactive environment image may be a three-dimensional image, or it may be two-dimensional. An image is displayed to provide a visual representation of an interactive environment image including one or more virtual objects, which may be spatially positioned. User interaction with the visualized representation in the virtual environment space may be detected and, in response to user interaction, the interactive environment image may be changed.
US11526234B2	Touch screen capacitive grid data reduction method and system A method includes obtaining, by a processing module interacting with a touch screen of a computing device, self and mutual capacitance data from a plurality of drive-sense circuits of the computing device. The method further includes generating, by the processing module, capacitance grid data based on the self and mutual capacitance data. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, a use for the capacitance grid data. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, data requirements for the capacitance grid data based on the use and properties of the capacitance grid. When data reduction is enabled, the method further includes determining, by the processing module, a data reduction scheme based on the data requirements and an output data rate. The method further includes processing, by the processing module, the capacitance grid data in accordance with the data reduction scheme to produce reduced capacitive grid data.
US11526232B2	Display module and display device A display module and a display device are provided. The display module includes a plurality of touch electrode sets. Each of the touch electrode sets is connected to one touch signal line. One backup wiring at least corresponds to one of touch signal lines. An orthogonal projection of first ends of the touch signal lines on the display panel partially overlaps an orthogonal projection of a terminal-side bridging section on the display panel. An orthogonal projection of second ends of the touch signal lines on the display panel partially overlaps an orthogonal projection of a wiring-side bridging section on the display panel.
US11526228B1	Method for monitoring an operation condition of an interactive information system A method for monitoring an operation condition of an interactive information system is provided. The interactive information system includes a touch panel and a touch control unit, and executes a resident scanning program to detect whether a hardware-related issue or a software-related issue of the touch panel or the touch control unit has occurred. When the hardware-related issue has occurred, the interactive information system downloads and executes a hardware diagnosis program to obtain a diagnosis result. When the software-related issue has occurred, the interactive information system downloads and executes a software adjustment program to resolve the software-related issue.
US11526226B2	Touch control display screen and electronic device A touch control display screen and an electronic device are provided. The touch control display screen includes: a display panel, including a plurality of protruding photo spacers and a cathode layer, wherein the cathode layer covers at least part of the photo spacers; and a touch control panel disposed on a side of the display panel, wherein the touch control panel includes a plurality of touch control electrodes, and a plurality of orthographic projections of the touch control electrodes on the touch control panel and a plurality of orthographic projections of the photo spacers on the touch control panel are spaced apart from each other.
US11526224B2	Display device with display and detection periods that share the drive electrode A display device is provided and includes scanning and signal lines; switch electrically coupled to scanning and signal lines; pixel electrode electrically coupled to switch and opposed to drive electrode; first and second display periods, and detection period between first and second display periods, wherein during first and second display periods, common voltage is applied to drive electrode, scanning signal is applied to scanning line and switch, pixel signal is applied to pixel electrode through signal line and switch, during detection period, AC drive signal or pulse drive signal is applied to drive electrode, and scanning signal is not applied to scanning line.
US11526221B2	Navigation system, navigation device and operating method thereof There is provided a frame rate adjusting method of a navigation device including: counting a frame period using a clock of a local oscillator of the navigation device; counting a polling period using the same clock; calculating a difference between the frame period and the polling period; adjusting a frame rate of the navigation device when the difference is smaller than a predetermined margin.
US11526220B2	Method and apparatus of using a computer touchpad or digitizer stylus pad as a mousepad A design that allows a touchpad or a digitizer stylus pad to double up as a mouse mat/pad so that a computer mouse can be used over it is provided. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for managing input devices are provided. The apparatus may determine whether a surface input is received at an input surface. The apparatus may determine whether a mouse input is received at a computer mouse. The apparatus may disable one of the input surface and the computer mouse that has a lower priority than another of the input surface and the computer mouse when the surface input and the mouse input are received at respective input device within a threshold window of time.
US11526219B2	Device for outputting information linked with stylus pen connected to electronic device, and method related thereto Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device receives a signal including color information of the stylus pen from the stylus pen inserted into a housing, through the wireless communication circuit and the short-range wireless communication protocol, senses that the stylus pen is detached from the housing, performs a memo function associated with the stylus pen, receives at least one stroke input onto the display through the stylus pen, and displays at least one stroke with a color specified from the color information, in response to the received stroke input.
US11526217B2	Stylus A stylus includes a housing, a tip portion at an end of the housing, and a control module within the housing, with the housing including a shape-changeable portion, and the control module to generate a first signal in response to the shape-changeable portion of the housing having a first effective cross-sectional area and generate a second signal in response to the shape-changeable portion of the housing having a second, different effective cross-sectional area.
US11526208B2	Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device An electronic device comprising a control unit performs control such that despite a predetermined trigger issued before a duration of a gaze state according to a line-of-sight input relative to a first region, in which the display item is displayed, reaches a first time, neither a first function nor a second function is performed, in response to the predetermined trigger issued in a state where the duration of the gaze state relative to the first region is at least the first time and less than a second time, a part of a display object based on an input position of the line-of-sight input is selected and the first function is performed, and in response to the predetermined trigger issued in a state where the duration is at least the second time, the display item is selected and the second function is performed.
US11526201B2	Panel bottom sheet and display including the same A panel bottom sheet includes: a first heat dissipation layer; a second heat dissipation layer having circumferential side surfaces located further inside than circumferential side surfaces of the first heat dissipation layer in a plan view, the second heat dissipation layer including: a main heat dissipation pattern including a first opening formed completely through the second heat dissipation layer in a thickness direction; and a heat dissipation substrate disposed directly on the second heat dissipation layer.
US11526197B2	Flexible display devices with a modular rigid display Foldable touch screen display devices with a flexible display unit made up of segments that can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state Which includes a modular rigid display that may he attached to the flexible display unit. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a larger phone or tablet computer. A third state whereby the attached rigid display is folded. out such that its top surface is aligned with the top surface of the unfolded flexible display, may provide the use of both displays simultaneously. All folded states may include an integrated speaker and microphone. A module, coupled to at least one segment of the flexible display or the rigid display, includes a communications system, which may be used in any state.
US11526186B2	Reconfigurable series-shunt LDO A low-dropout regulator (LDO) capable of providing high power-supply rejection ratio (PSRR) and good reverse isolation. The LDO may include a core circuitry and a reverse isolation circuitry. The core circuitry may include a PSRR circuitry coupled to an output node and configured to provide high PSRR at the output node. The reverse isolation circuitry may be configured to provide good reverse isolation at the output node by, for example, providing current in response to ripples at the output node. The reverse isolation circuitry may be configured with bandwidth higher than that of the core circuitry such that it can provide fast transient response. The reverse isolation circuitry may be configurable and/or reconfigurable for a desirable reverse isolation performance. The reverse isolation circuitry may be configurable and/or reconfigurable to trade off between power consumed by the reverse isolation circuitry and a leakage current flowing through the core circuitry.
US11526184B2	Vehicle seat including a heating mat having overheating prevention and protection A vehicle seat includes a seat portion having a heating element, such as an electrically conductive wire. A sensing structure having a characteristic that is responsive to a temperature of the heating element is provided adjacent to the heating element, such as by being helically wrapped thereabout or extending parallel thereto. For example, the sensing structure may include an optical fiber, and the characteristic of the sensing structure may be an amount of light transmitted through the optical fiber. A controller is responsive to the characteristic of the sensing structure for determining when the temperature of the heating element exceeds a predetermined value.
US11526174B2	Method and a system for hierarchical network based diverse trajectory proposal The disclosure herein generally relates to the field of autonomous navigation, and, more particularly, to a diverse trajectory proposal for autonomous navigation. The embodiment discloses a hierarchical network based diverse trajectory proposal for autonomous navigation. The hierarchical 2-stage neural network architecture maps the perceived surroundings to diverse trajectories in the form of trajectory waypoints, that an autonomous navigation system can choose to navigate/traverse. The first stage of the disclosed hierarchical 2-stage Neural Network architecture is a Trajectory Proposal Network which generates a set of diverse traversable regions in an environment which can be occupied by the autonomous navigation system in the future. The second stage is a Trajectory Sampling network which predicts a fine-grained trajectory/trajectory waypoint over the diverse traversable regions proposed by Trajectory Proposal Network.
US11526173B2	Traveling trajectory correction method, traveling control method, and traveling trajectory correction device A method for correcting a travelling trajectory of a vehicle which is executed by a processor includes: generating a subject vehicle travelling route that a subject vehicle travels based on map information stored in a database; calculating a travelling trajectory of the subject vehicle to be a target trajectory when the subject vehicle travels on the subject vehicle travelling route; detecting a position of another vehicle travelling on a lane located in a width direction of the subject vehicle by a sensor provided for the subject vehicle; calculating an offset of a position of the other vehicle in another vehicle lane that the other vehicle travels based on the position of the other vehicle; and correcting the travelling trajectory of the subject vehicle in accordance with the offset.
US11526171B2	Method for operating a system made up of an agricultural working vehicle and at least one working tool arranged thereon A method is provided for operating a system consisting of an agricultural working vehicle, at least one working tool arranged thereon, and a controller assigned to the working vehicle. The method includes detecting, by at least one sensor assembly arranged at least on the working tool and having at least two sensors, two different physical variables. The method further includes storing, by a memory, information characterizing the working tool, continuously storing, by the memory, operating data of at least the working tool, and communicating wirelessly via Bluetooth network with the controller by the at least one sensor assembly via a transmitter. The controller is brought into a transmission range of the sensor assembly to activate the communication between them and the operating data temporarily stored in the memory is transmitted to the controller.
US11526160B2	Failure detection system and failure detection method A failure detection system detects a failure of a sensor that detects a state of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The failure detection system includes a generation unit configured to generate times-series data of information on a detection value of the sensor during a determination period, a calculation unit configured to calculate a regression line of the times-series data, and a failure determination unit configured to determine whether the sensor has failed based on a slope of the regression line.
US11526153B2	Programmable delay line with glitch suppression There is disclosed herein programmable delay lines and control methods having glitch suppression. In particular, the programmable delay lines may include latches that are triggered based on a trigger event of an input signal (which is often an edge of the input signal). The programmable delay lines may include one or more latches coupled between capacitor and transistor subassemblies and the latches, where the latches cause a delay between the time the trigger event arrives at the capacitor and transistor subassemblies and the latches. The delay can prevent the latches from updating at the same time that the edge of the input signal arrives at the capacitor and transistor subassemblies, which can suppress glitches that can causes errors in operation.
US11526152B2	Techniques for determining fabricability of designs by searching for forbidden patterns In some embodiments, techniques are provided for verifying that a fabrication system can fabricate a proposed segmented design. A paintbrush pattern that represents capabilities of the fabrication system is determined. One or more forbidden patterns that the fabrication system is not capable of fabricating are determined based on the paintbrush pattern. The proposed segmented design is then searched for the forbidden patterns. If any forbidden patterns are found, the proposed segmented design is determined to not be fabricable by the fabrication system. If no forbidden patterns are found, then the proposed segmented design is determined to be fabricable by the fabrication system.
US11526149B2	Machining command improving system and machining command improving method A machining command improving system is in an integrated system in which a CNC machine tool for machining of a machining target into a predetermined machining geometry a machining command and a shared database are connected to each other. The machining command improving system includes: a machining state recording unit that associates requested information indicating a request to be satisfied in the machining when the CNC machine tool performs the machining and state information indicating a state of implementation of the machining, and registers the associated requested information and state information as machining technique information; and a machining method improving unit. The machining method improving unit improves the machining command of the improvement target at the CNC machine tool based on machining technique information registered with the shared database and including requested information conforming at least partially to requested information corresponding to a machining command of an improvement target.
US11526143B2	Method and apparatus for protection of network device during increase in environmental contamination In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a protection mode at a network device having a protective cover installed to filter airflow entering a network device, reducing one or more of a fan speed, processing functions, or power at the network device, exiting the protection mode upon removal of the protective cover from the network device, and increasing one or more of the fan speed, the processing functions, or the power to resume normal operation at the network device.
US11526138B2	Environment controller and method for inferring via a neural network one or more commands for controlling an appliance Method and environment controller for inferring via a neural network one or more commands for controlling an appliance. A predictive model generated by a neural network training engine is stored by the environment controller. The environment controller receives at least one environmental characteristic value (for example, at least one of a current temperature, current humidity level, current carbon dioxide level, and current room occupancy). The environment controller receives at least one set point (for example, at least one of a target temperature, target humidity level, and target carbon dioxide level). The environment controller executes a neural network inference engine, which uses the predictive model for inferring the one or more commands for controlling the appliance based on the at least one environmental characteristic value and the at least one set point. The environment controller transmits the one or more commands to the controlled appliance.
US11526136B2	Time-to-digital conversion circuit and source driver including the same The present disclosure discloses a time-to-digital conversion circuit for a clock and data recovery circuit. The time-to-digital conversion circuit may include a first time-to-digital conversion circuit enabled when a phase difference between a clock of an input signal and a recovery clock signal is greater than a reference phase difference and configured to output a first digital signal corresponding to the phase difference, and a second time-to-digital conversion circuit enabled when the phase difference is equal to or smaller than the reference phase difference and configured to output a second digital signal corresponding to the phase difference.
US11526131B2	Device for displaying a succession of periodic events which form an annual cycle and timepiece comprising such a display device A device (1), and timepiece having the device, for displaying a succession of periodic events which form an annual cycle, including a periodic events indicator member (2) and a mechanism (4) for managing a duration during which the periodic events are displayed by the periodic events indicator member (2). The management mechanism includes a cam (8) for managing a duration during which the periodic events are displayed, which cam is arranged such that it controls the change from the indication of a periodic event to the indication of a subsequent periodic event by the periodic events indicator member, a periodic driver (10) for driving the management cam (8) and a member (6) disposed between the management cam and the periodic events indicator member and arranged such that it drives the periodic events indicator member (2) during a change in event. The device displays the periods of the zodiac.
US11526126B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus prints an image on a sheet. The image forming apparatus includes a casing, a plurality of open/close devices, a plurality of fans, and a control device. The casing includes a plurality of openings and a plurality of ventilation holes. The plurality of open/close devices are attached to the casing, and configured to open and close the respectively corresponding openings. The plurality of fans each generate an airflow from inside of the casing to a corresponding one of the plurality of ventilation holes. The control device controls operation of the plurality of fans. The control device also detects occurrence of an event that restricts execution of the printing, identifies a type of the event, selects at least one of the plurality of fans according to the type of the event, and drives the selected fan.
US11526125B2	Cartridge and method for disassembling cartridge A cartridge includes a frame, a first side member, and a first fixing member. The frame includes a first end in a first direction, a first positioning portion disposed on the first end, and a first rotation stopping portion disposed on the first end. The first side member is attached to the first end and includes a first to-be-positioned portion to be engaged with the first positioning portion and a first rotation to-be-stopped portion to be engaged with the first rotation stopping portion. The first fixing member is fastened to the first positioning portion or the first rotation stopping portion. At least either one of (i) the first to-be-positioned portion and the first positioning portion and (ii) the first rotation to-be-stopped portion and the first rotation stopping portion are adhesively bonded.
US11526117B2	Image forming apparatus A drawer is moveable between an inner position and an outer position through an opening when a cover is located at an opening position. A waste toner conveying tube is movable in a second direction between a first connection position and a first disconnection position when a drum cartridge is attached to a drawer and the drawer is at the inner position. When the cover moves from a closing position toward the opening position, the waste toner conveying tube moves from the first connection position toward the first disconnection position in conjunction with the movement of the cover. The drawer is movable from the inner position toward to the outer position when the drum cartridge is attached to the drawer, the drawer is at the inner position, and the waste toner conveying tube is at the first disconnection position.
US11526116B2	Image forming apparatus with collection An image forming apparatus includes a charging unit that charges an image bearing member, a developing unit that forms a toner image on an latent image formed on the image bearing member, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a transfer material, a charge neutralizer that neutralizes a charge of the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of a charging portion in a rotating direction of the image bearing member, a conductive collecting unit that collects a material adhering on the image bearing member downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the charging portion, wherein the developing unit collects residual toner on the image bearing member, an voltage application unit sets a potential difference between the voltage applied to the collecting unit and the surface electric potential of the image bearing member not more than a discharge threshold.
US11526110B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that has an image bearing member to be removably mounted to the image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member, a toner detection unit, an exposure device, a forming unit, and a judgment unit. The judgment unit judges a mounting state of the image bearing member based on whether the toner detection unit detects a toner image transferred on a surface of the intermediate transfer member. When the image bearing member is mounted, first and second patterns of toner images are formed apart by a predetermined interval in a rotation direction of the intermediate transfer member. Where the toner detection unit detects the first and second patterns of toner images, the judgment unit judges that the image bearing member is mounted. Where one of the first and second patterns is not detected, the judgment unit judges that the image bearing member is not mounted.
US11526107B2	Image forming apparatus The control unit executes a mode of detecting the image density of the toner image for control. The control unit sets the target toner density so that the target toner density becomes smaller than before execution of the mode and also set the target transfer current so that the target transfer current becomes smaller, in a case where the image density detected in the mode is higher by a predetermined threshold or more than a reference density.
US11526101B2	Monochrome image forming apparatus capable of suppressing increase of torque in changing stretched form of intermediate transfer belt A control portion controls a change mechanism so as to pass through a third stretched form in switching a stretched form of a belt member from a second stretched form to a first stretched form. The first stretched form is a stretched form enabling a toner image to be transferred from a photosensitive drum to the belt member by positioning a transfer member at a first position and a separation roller at a second position. The second stretched form is a stretched form of separating each of the transfer member and the separation roller from a transfer surface toward an opposite side of the photosensitive drum. The third stretched form is a stretched form in which the transfer member is positioned at the first position, and the separation roller is positioned at a third position away from the transfer surface toward the opposite side of the photosensitive drum.
US11526097B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an attachment portion, an attachment detection unit, an output portion, a first cover, a first detection portion, a second cover, and a control unit. A control unit is configured to control opening movement of the first cover to open the first cover linked with movement that the second cover is opened when the output portion outputs information of replacing the developer accommodating container. After the first detection portion detects that the first cover is in a closed state after the first cover has been opened based on information output by the output portion, the first detection portion detects whether the developer accommodating container is attached to the attachment portion or not, and if the first detection portion detects that the developer accommodating container is not attached to the attachment portion, the control unit controls the first cover to open.
US11526094B2	Charging device and image-forming apparatus capable of preventing an inward inclining of bearing members A charging device includes: a charging roller to charge a surface of the image carrier by rotating in contact with an image carrier; a cleaning roller to clean a surface of the charging roller by rotating in contact with the charging roller; a bearing to hold the charging roller and the cleaning roller so that a distance between an axis of the charging roller and an axis of the cleaning roller is constant; and a biaser to apply a biasing force to the bearing in a direction to bring the charging roller into press contact with the image carrier, wherein the bearing has a first bearing to support the axis of the cleaning roller and a second bearing to support the axis of the charging roller, and the first bearing is disposed inward from the second bearing in a roller axial direction of the cleaning roller and the charging roller.
US11526081B2	Dummy insertion for improving throughput of electron beam lithography An electron beam lithography system and an electron beam lithography process are disclosed herein for improving throughput. An exemplary method for increasing throughput achieved by an electron beam lithography system includes receiving an integrated circuit (IC) design layout that includes a target pattern, wherein the electron beam lithography system implements a first exposure dose to form the target pattern on a workpiece based on the IC design layout. The method further includes inserting a dummy pattern into the IC design layout to increase a pattern density of the IC design layout to greater than or equal to a threshold pattern density, thereby generating a modified IC design layout. The electron beam lithography system implements a second exposure dose that is less than the first exposure dose to form the target pattern on the workpiece based on the modified IC design layout.
US11526077B2	Positive photoresist composition, via-forming method, display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a positive photoresist composition including a major adhesive material and a photosensitizer, wherein the photoresist composition further includes a photoisomerizable compound which would be converted into an ionic structure with an increased degree of molecular polarity after ultraviolet irradiation. The formation of the ionic structure with increased polarity of the molecule reduces the adhesion between the positive photoresist and the organic film layer, facilitates stripping after formation of the via, and improves the product rate of pass. Further, the present disclosure provides a via-forming method using the positive resist composition, a display substrate including the via formed by the via-forming method, and a display device including the display substrate.
US11526071B2	Projector A projector includes a first cooling device configured to cool a first cooling target based on transformation of a refrigerant into gas, a second cooling device configured to cool a second cooling target, and a heat conduction member. A refrigerant generator of the first cooling device includes a moisture absorbing and desorbing member, a first blower, a heat exchanger, and a second blower configured to send the air to the heat exchanger. The second cooling device includes a third blower and a circulation path through which the air circulates between the third blower and the second cooling target. The heat conduction member includes a heat absorber configured to absorb heat radiated from the second cooling target and a heat dissipator disposed on the inside of the first cooling device. The heat radiated from the heat dissipator is transferred to the moisture absorbing and desorbing member.
US11526067B2	Lighting assembly for producing realistic photo images An example lighting assembly may comprise: a mounting frame comprising a plurality of vertical bars positioned on an imaginary cylindrical surface; a plurality of horizontal joists attached to the vertical bars; a plurality of lighting fixtures attached to the mounting frame; and a plurality of camera mounts attached to the mounting frame; wherein the lighting fixtures and camera mounts are positioned to form a pre-defined grid configuration.
US11526061B2	Light modulating liquid crystal cell, display panel and display device A light modulating liquid crystal cell, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The light modulating liquid crystal cell has a light-exiting area and a non-light-exiting area surrounding the light-exiting area and includes first pixels located in the light-exiting area. Each first pixel includes first sub-pixels, and each first sub-pixels includes a first transistor. The first sub-pixels include at least two first sub-pixels arranged in a first direction and at least two first sub-pixels arranged in a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction. In the first sub-pixels of one first pixel, gate electrodes of the first transistors are electrically connected to a same first scanning line, and source electrodes of the first transistors are electrically connected to a same first data line.
US11526057B2	Liquid crystal device comprising a wall portion extending along a third end and a fourth end of a pixel electrode and covered with the pixel electrode A liquid crystal device is provided with a first light shielding member, a second light shielding member, a third light shielding member, and a fourth light shielding member along four edges of a pixel electrode, respectively, and liquid crystal molecules are oriented so as to intersect a first direction and a second direction and head toward an intersection region of the third light shielding member and the fourth light shielding member. The pixel electrode covers a wall portion on a lower layer side, in a region overlapping with the third light shielding member and the fourth light shielding member. The wall portion includes a layered film including a first layer, and a second layer made of a material different from the first layer, and the first layer on a lower layer side is an etching stopper when the second layer is formed.
US11526055B2	Electronic device According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and a liquid crystal panel disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The liquid crystal panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line intersecting the first scanning line, a first switching element electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and a first control electrode electrically connected to the first switching element. The first control electrode overlaps the first camera, and is disposed in an annular first region.
US11526052B2	Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same A backlight unit which includes a light guiding layer having an incident surface on which light is incident and an exit surface from which light is emitted, a light source disposed on the incident surface of the light guiding layer and configured to generate the light, a low refraction layer disposed on the exit surface of the light guiding layer, a color control layer disposed on the low refraction layer, and a protection layer disposed on the color control layer. The protection layer includes a resin composition including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1:
US11526046B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate having a first side surface and a second side surface, and a liquid crystal layer including a stripe-shaped polymer and liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal layer has a first region and a second region. When no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, a first intersection angle of a first director of a first liquid crystal molecule and a first extension axis of the polymer included in the first region is different from a second intersection angle of a second director of a second liquid crystal molecule and a second extension axis of the polymer included in the second region.
US11526029B2	Electro-active sporting glasses An electro-active lens provides simultaneous focusing at two different optical powers. It does this with a stack of electro-active lens elements aligned along the same optical axis that each focus light in different polarization states (e.g., horizontal and vertical polarization states). If a first and second electro-active lens elements have different optical powers, light in a first polarization state can be focused to one optical power and light in a second polarization state can be focused to a different optical power simultaneously. The electro-active lens can be switched between different single and multiple optical powers. People with presbyopia may use the electro-active lens mounted in eyewear in place of conventional bifocal glasses. The electro-active lens may also be used in a scope to improve target aiming.
US11526027B2	Interchangeable hinge for modular eyewear A wearable lightweight, adjustable, and comfortable modular eyewear with multiple interchangeable components includes: a central frame with two eyeglass supporting members, lenses, temple and hinge. The assembly has a hinge which is designed to fit the frames. The fronts and temples are grooved to allow the hinge to fit snuggly into the grooves. The hinge is flexible that it will allow the temples to flex 180+ degrees.
US11526023B2	Optical unit with shake correction function An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable body having a lens, a turning support mechanism structured to turnably support the movable body around an optical axis of the lens, a gimbal mechanism structured to turnably support the turning support mechanism, a fixed body which supports the movable body through the gimbal mechanism and the turning support mechanism, a shake correction magnetic drive mechanism, and a rolling correction magnetic drive mechanism. The turning support mechanism includes a plate roll fixed to the movable body, a plate holder provided with a facing part which faces the plate roll in a direction of the optical axis, and a turning mechanism which is provided between the plate roll and the facing part and is structured so that the plate roll is turnable with respect to the plate holder. The gimbal mechanism turnably supports the plate holder around the first axis.
US11526022B2	Optical unit having shake correction function, wiring member, and method of producing wiring member An optical unit having a shake correction function, includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body supporting the movable body in a swingable manner, a swing drive mechanism swinging the movable body relative to the fixed body and including a magnet and a coil, one of the magnet and the coil being fixed to the movable body, the other one of the magnet and the coil being fixed to the fixed body, a magnetic member returning the movable body to an original position, a magnetic detection sensor detecting a magnetic field of the magnet, and a wiring member being connected with the coil. The wiring member includes a mounting face on which the magnetic detection sensor, the magnetic member, and the coil are fixed. The centers of the magnetic detection sensor, the magnetic member, and the coil are coaxially fixed to the mounting face.
US11526019B2	High brightness, monolithic, multispectral semiconductor laser A system and method for combining multiple emitters into a multi-wavelength output beam having a certain band and combining a plurality of these bands into a single output using non-free space combining modules.
US11526018B2	Phased array of ultrasound transducers for depth sensing A depth sensing system is configured to track one or both eyes of a user. The depth sensing system includes a transducer chip comprising a phased array of ultrasound transducers that transmit a signal at an eye of the user and detect a reflected signal from the eye. A controller estimates an orientation of the eye based on the reflected signals received by the phased array. The depth sensing system may be part of a headset that includes a display element configured to display content to a user wearing the headset.
US11526015B2	Facial interfaces for head-mounted displays and related systems and methods A head-mounted display may include a frame for supporting an electronic display for viewing by an intended user donning the head-mounted display. The frame may include a flange disposed on a perimeter area of the frame and a facial interface configured to abut against an intended user's face wherein the facial interface comprises a foam body and an undercut region in the foam body that is sized and shaped for detachably engaging with the flange of the frame. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11526009B2	Projection arrangement for a head-up display (HUD) with P-polarised light portions A projection arrangement for a head-up display, including a composite pane, including an outer pane and an inner pane, which are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, having an upper edge and a lower edge and an HUD region; an electrically conductive coating on the surface of the outer pane or the inner pane facing the intermediate layer or provided within the intermediate layer; and a projector that is aimed at the HUD region; wherein the light of the projector has at least one p-polarised portion and wherein the electrically conductive coating has, in the spectral range from 400 nm to 650 nm, only a single local reflection maximum for p-polarised light, with this maximum in the range from 510 nm to 550 nm.
US11526007B2	Separated pupil optical systems for virtual and augmented reality and methods for displaying images using same An imaging system includes a light source configured to produce a plurality of spatially separated light beams. The system also includes an injection optical system configured to modify the plurality of beams, such that respective pupils formed by beams of the plurality exiting from the injection optical system are spatially separated from each other. The system further includes a light-guiding optical element having an in-coupling grating configured to admit a first beam of the plurality into the light-guiding optical element while excluding a second beam of the plurality from the light-guiding optical element, such that the first beam propagates by substantially total internal reflection through the light-guiding optical element.
US11525981B2	Optical photographing lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An optical photographing lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements of the optical photographing lens assembly has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the first lens element is aspheric and has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
US11525979B2	Focus-adjustment apparatus A focus-adjustment apparatus which can be applied during manufacture of camera modules includes a rotation mechanism, a drive mechanism, an elevating mechanism, an optoelectronic chip, and a lens module. The rotation mechanism includes a container and movable latch rods therein. The drive mechanism can rotate the rotation mechanism, and the elevating mechanism with optoelectronic chip attached is under the rotation mechanism. The lens module includes a support element adjacent to the optoelectronic chip, an adjustment structure rotatably disposed on the support element, and a lens above the optoelectronic chip in the adjustment structure. When the elevating mechanism raises the lens module and the drive mechanism rotates the rotation mechanism, at least one of the latch rods rotates the adjustment structure, so as to change the distance between the lens and the optoelectronic chip and achieve correct focus.
US11525971B2	Insertion/removal error prevention system An incorrect insertion and removal prevention system that can prevent an operator from incorrectly selecting a port to be operated without sacrificing the port mounting density is described. An optical transmission device 100 of the incorrect insertion and removal prevention system includes a plurality of ports 101 for transmitting and receiving an external signal, a touch sensor 102 installed in each of the ports 101 to detect a contact of the human body, a control unit 110 for causing a display unit 130 to display information about the port 101 corresponding to the touch sensor 102 detecting the contact of the human body, a storage unit 120 for storing information for distinguishing each port 101, and the display unit 130 for displaying the information for distinguishing each port 101.
US11525963B2	Optical connection system, optical connector, and optical adapter for use with optical cable assembly and receptacle An optical connection system for use with a receptacle and an optical cable assembly includes an adapter and connector. The adapter has an adapter latch element, and the connector has a connector latch element. A delatch actuator with a delatch arm is disposed on the connector housing for movement from a locking position to an unlocking position. One of the adapter latch element and connector latch element is a bendable latch hook and the other is a locking channel. When the connector housing is mated with the adapter, the delatch arm allows the bendable latch hook to latch with the locking channel in the locking position and unlatches the bendable latch hook from the locking channel as it moves to the unlocking position. An actuator lock movably supports a blocking member on the connector for selectively blocking the delatch actuator from moving to the unlocking position.
US11525958B1	Off-cut wafer with a supported outcoupler Configurations for a photonics device with a vertical outcoupler and fabrication operations thereof are disclosed. The photonics device may include an off-cut substrate with a cavity. The cavity may be coated with a buffer layer, which may form the vertical outcoupler. The cavity may be filled with a fill material that provides structural integrity to the cavity. The off-cut substrate may have a first and a second cladding layer above and below it, to provide cladding for the waveguide structure. In some examples, light may propagate through the off-cut substrate and may be received by the outcoupler. The outcoupler may reflect and redirect the light out of the waveguide structure and toward one or more optical elements. The optical element(s) may provide the light to a launch region in a system interface and/or to a sample.
US11525941B2	In-situ calibration of borehole gravimeters A method and system for in-sit calibration of a gravimeter. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool in a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises the gravimeter attached to a linear actuator, recording a first set of measurements with the gravimeter while the linear actuator is stationary, activating the linear actuator, recording a second set of measurements with the gravimeter, and calibrating the gravimeter based on the first and second set of recorded measurements. A system may comprise a downhole tool, a conveyance, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further comprise a hanger, a sonde, connected to the hanger, a linear actuator, connected to the hanger, and a shaft, connected to the linear actuator. The downhole tool may further comprise a linkage, connected to the shaft, a package, connected to the linkage, and a gravimeter, disposed in the package.
US11525939B2	Method and apparatus for continuously checking casing cement quality A system for monitoring downhole cement quality in a cased well includes an active acoustic source that generates acoustic waves, a distributed acoustic sensor, and a controller. The distributed acoustic sensor includes an optical fiber disposed on an outer surface of a casing of the cased well; a pulsed laser coupled to the optical fiber and that transmits pulses of laser light along the optical fiber; a sensor that detects light that is backscattered and reflected by the optical fiber; and a processor that controls the pulsed laser, receives signals from the sensor, and converts the signals into acoustic information. The controller receives the acoustic information from the processor and identifies well integrity loss.
US11525926B2	System and method for position fix estimation using two or more antennas A dual-antenna positioning system includes a first GNSS antenna/receiver, a second GNSS antenna/receiver, and a GNSS processor system. The first GNSS antenna/receiver is located at a first position and calculates a first pseudo-range based on a received GNSS signal. The second GNSS antenna/receiver is located at a second position a known distance from the first GNSS antenna/receiver, wherein the second GNSS antenna/receiver calculates a second pseudo-range based on a received GNSS signal. The GNSS processor system configured to receive the first pseudo-range and the second pseudo-range, wherein in response to the GNSS processor system identifying one of the first and second pseudo-ranges as erroneous and one of the first and second pseudo-ranges as valid, the GNSS processing system calculates a corrected pseudo-range and utilizes the corrected pseudo-range and the valid pseudo-range to determine GNSS position fix estimates for the first GNSS antenna/receiver and the second GNSS antenna/receiver.
US11525921B2	Time of flight sensor arrangement for robot navigation and methods of localization using same In general, the present disclosure is directed to a time of flight (ToF) sensor arrangement that may be utilized by a robot (e.g., a robot vacuum) to identify and detect objects in a surrounding environment for mapping and localization purposes. In an embodiment, a robot is disclosed that includes a plurality of ToF sensors disposed about a housing of the robot. Two or more ToF sensors may be angled/aligned to establish overlapping field of views to form redundant detection regions around the robot. Objects that appear therein may then be detected by the robot and utilized to positively identify, e.g., with a high degree of confidence, the presence of the object. The identified objects may then be utilized as data points by the robot to build/update a map. The identified objects may also be utilized during pose routines that allow the robot to orient itself within the map.
US11525919B2	Vehicle-mounted laser velocity measurement device A vehicle-mounted dual-oblique asymmetric laser velocity measurement device is provided. A small-angle splitting prism (9) is installed on a laser path where the laser beam of the reference-beam LDV probe is incident onto a driving surface. The laser beam is split by the small-angle splitting prism (9) into two emergent beams having an included angle α for incidence onto the driving surface. Two ground-scattered light beams returning along the original direction of the two emergent beams are used as signal light together. Reference light is mixed with the signal light on a photosensitive surface of a photodetector of the reference beam LDV probe. The photodetector mixes the reference light and the signal light to form Doppler signals for transmission to a signal processing unit (10). The signal processing unit (10) extracts the Doppler frequencies corresponding to the two emergent beams separately, to implement velocity calculation.
US11525913B2	Light detection device and electronic apparatus comprising plural SPAD arrays with a photon detection rate controller A first SPAD array on which at least one first light beam that is at least one pulse light beam is incident and which is operated in Geiger mode, a second SPAD array on which at least one second light beam resulting from the at least one first light beam reflected by a detection object is incident and which is operated in Geiger mode, a voltage generation unit that applies a reverse bias voltage to the first SPAD array and the second SPAD array, and a SPAD photon detection rate controller that adjusts and controls a SPAD photon detection rate in accordance with a first photon detection rate indicating a rate of the number of at least one pulse signal output by the second SPAD array upon incidence of the at least one second light beam relative to the number of the at least one pulse light beam are included.
US11525910B2	Synthetic aperture radar apparatus and methods A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system generates an image of a first swath. The SAR includes at least one SAR antenna, at least one SAR processor and at least one SAR transceiver. In operation the SAR defines a first beam to illuminate the first swath and one or more second beams to illuminate area(s) of ambiguity associated with the first beam. The SAR transmits a pulse via the first beam and receives backscatter energy. The SAR generates a first signal associated with the first beam and one or more second signals associated with the second beam(s). The second signal(s) are combined with determined complex vector(s), generating ambiguity signal(s) and the ambiguity signals are combined with the first signal to generate an image associated with the first swath.
US11525901B2	Determining characteristics of a target using polarization encoded coherent lidar A method of operating a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system is provided that includes generating a beam of co-propagating, cross-polarized light using a first polarizing beam splitter; and determining a material characteristic or orientation of a target using the co-propagating, cross-polarized light.
US11525900B2	Laser system for Lidar A laser system is provided. The laser system comprises: a seed laser configured to produce a sequence of seed light pulses, wherein the sequence of seed light pulses are produced with variable time intervals in a sweep cycle; a pump laser configured to produce pump light having variable amplitude in the sweep cycle; and a control unit configured to generate a command to the pump laser to synchronize the pump light with the sequence of seed light pulses.
US11525897B2	LiDAR system producing multiple scan paths and method of making and using same A light deflection system for a LIDAR system on an aerial vehicle and method of use are herein disclosed. The light deflection system includes a light deflection element having a first end and a second end. The light deflection element is rotatable and balanced about an axis extending from the first end to the second end. The light deflection element has a first side with a first reflective surface at a first angle in relation to the axis and deflects light in a nadir direction relative to the aerial vehicle. The light deflection element also has a second side having a second reflective surface at a second angle in relation to the axis. The first angle is different from the second angle and configured to deflective light at an oblique angle relative to the aerial vehicle.
US11525889B2	Non-contact method for detectiing and distinguishing human and animal based on IR-UWB bio-radar signal A non-contact method for detecting and distinguishing a human and an animal based on IR-UWB bio-radar signals includes: step 1, transmitting a radar pulse to a target by a transmitting antenna of an IR-UWB bio-radar; and obtaining, by a receiving antenna of the IR-UWB bio-radar, a radar echo signal E(n,m) generated from the radar pulse reflected on the target; step 2: performing signal preprocessing on the radar echo signal E(n,m) obtained in step 1, to obtain a first energy signal E6(l); step 3: removing a direct wave from E6(l) obtained in step 2 to obtain a second energy signal E7(l), and obtaining a maximum amplitude E7max of E7(l) and a position lmax corresponding to the maximum amplitude in a slow time direction; step 4: calculating a peak-to-background ratio VEtoB of E7(l), calculating an average correlation coefficient rm, and determining a type of the target through a target detection and distinction rule.
US11525884B2	Multi-spectral vehicular radar system Embodiments of a vehicular radar system are presented herein. One embodiment comprises a first circuitry layer including a first radar subsystem for a first frequency band, the first radar subsystem including a first end-fire antenna. The vehicular radar system also includes a second circuitry layer stacked on or under the first circuitry layer, the second circuitry layer including a second radar subsystem for a second frequency band, the second radar subsystem including a second end-fire antenna. In this embodiment, one or more components of the vehicular radar system are shared between the first and second radar subsystems.
US11525883B2	Acquisition equipment, sound acquisition method, and sound source tracking system and method An acquisition equipment, a sound acquisition method, a sound source tracking system and a sound source tracking method are provided. The acquisition equipment includes an audio acquisition device, an image acquisition device, an information processing device and an angle control device. The audio acquisition device is configured to acquire the sound of a target object; the image acquisition device is configured to acquire an optical image including an acquisition object; the information processing device is configured to process the optical image to determine position information of the target object; and the angle control device is configured to receive the position information of the target object sent by the information processing device, and control the sound pick-up angle of the audio acquisition device according to the position information of the target object.
US11525865B2	Electric energy supply system having at least one cell element and motor vehicle An electric energy supply system having at least one cell element, which contains at least one galvanic cell, and having a measuring circuit, which is configured to ascertain at least one parameter of the at least one cell element by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The disclosure provides that the energy supply system comprises an electrochemical gas sensor and the gas sensor is connected to the measuring circuit via a toggle switch, wherein the measuring circuit is configured to apply an electric variable as the excitation variable in the gas sensor and to detect another electric variable as the measured variable at the gas sensor and to ascertain a gas concentration in the surroundings of the gas sensor.
US11525864B2	Battery monitor system In a DC impedance measurement routine for a battery the current load from a source is initially set to a low setting. The system waits for a set time in this state for the voltage readings to stabilize. Once the voltage is stable at the low current setting, the current setting is changed to a high value and the voltage is read quickly. Then the current load is set back to the low setting immediately after the reading is made. Several consecutive measurements are performed by repeating the steps above. A DC impedance measurement system that can be used to carry out the measurement routine. A multi-battery system can be monitored via a DC impedance measurement system and the routine being performed on each battery.
US11525862B2	Methods, storage media, and electronic devices for calculating short-circuit current of battery A method for calculating a short-circuit current of a battery. includes: obtaining an integral state of charge and a current state of charge of the battery; calculating a first difference based on the integral state of charge and the current state of charge; calculating the short-circuit current of the battery based on the first difference; obtaining a first real state of charge and a second real state of charge; updating the first real state of charge and the second real state of charge based on a temperature-impedance table and the short-circuit current of the battery; calculating a second difference based on the updated first real state of charge and the updated second real state of charge; and updating the short-circuit current of the battery based on the second difference.
US11525861B2	Systems and methods for determining life of a motor using electrocardiogram (EKG) sensors A method for measuring health of a motor includes: (a) measuring, by an electrocardiogram sensor, vibration of the motor to obtain at least two electrical signals with each of the at least two electrical signals representing a harmonic of the vibration of the motor; (b) comparing each of the at least two electrical signals with a corresponding baseline; (c) based on the comparison, determining whether any one of the at least two electrical signals includes one or more artifacts wherein an artifact in a respective one of the at least two electrical signals is a deviation from a respective one of the corresponding baseline; and (d) based on any one of the at least two electrical signals including the one or more artifacts, providing an estimated time to failure for the motor.
US11525858B2	Method and system for predictive maintenance of integrated circuits A system and method for the predictive maintenance of electronic components that includes sensors at at least one position via which present values of system parameters, such as temperature and voltage, and a signal propagation time at the at least one position are determined, where values of the system parameters and the signal propagation time presently determined by the sensors are retrieved by a central monitoring unit, an individual valid limit value is determined for the signal propagation time at each of the at least one position via the central monitoring unit based on the presently determined values of the system parameters, and the presently determined signal propagation time at each of the at least one position is compared with the associated valid limit value, and a notification is sent to a superordinate level, if the signal propagation time exceeds the limit value to trigger replacement of the electronic component.
US11525855B2	Low insertion force connector assembly and semiconductor component test apparatus A low insertion force connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector which are detachably coupled to each other, wherein the first connector and the second connector are easily assembled to prevent contact failure and are firmly assembled to each other to improve dimensional stability, and it is easy to assemble and manufacture the connectors.
US11525850B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring capacitor faults in a capacitor bank A method and an apparatus are presented which enable the identification of a capacitor fault in a given string of a capacitor bank, based on the computation of the string impedance by measuring the string AC current and voltages, where each string includes a plurality of capacitor elements connected in series. The method consists of measuring the string capacitive impedance and comparing this value with a previously measured capacitive impedance of the same string. If a difference between these two values is obtained, which exceeds a given threshold for a certain duration, a fault is recorded.
US11525847B2	Seebeck cancellation switch for precision DC voltage measurements Systems and methods include an electrical switch that establishes a first electrical conducting path between terminals of an electrical measurement apparatus through one or more electrical leads and an electrically-conductive sample in a first state, and a second electrical conducting path between the terminals through the one or more electrical leads while bypassing the sample in a second state. A voltage VS+L is measured across all of the sample and the one or more electrical leads in the first state, while a voltage VL is measured across the one or more electrical leads while bypassing the sample in the second state. Calculations according to the equation VS=VS+L−VL are performed to determine a precision DC voltage measurement of a voltage across the sample VS in the absence of Seebeck voltage offsets contributed by the one or more electrical leads.
US11525844B2	Current sensor A current sensor includes a battery terminal portion that is conductive and is fastened to a battery post that extends along a first direction; a sensor unit that is located side by side with the battery terminal portion along a second direction that intersects the first direction and is electrically connected to the battery terminal portion to detect a current; and a housing that has an insulating property and embeds the sensor unit, in which the battery terminal portion includes a pair of plate-shaped portions, and the pair of plate-shaped portions are embedded in the housing with end portions on the sensor unit side in the second direction spaced apart from each other along the first direction.
US11525843B2	Sensors with discrete capacitors for high voltage separable connectors A sensor for a separable connector includes a plug body, one or more high voltage capacitors, one or more low voltage capacitors, and a low voltage connection. The plug body includes an insulating resin. The plug body can be inserted into the separable connector to encase a high voltage conductor disposed in the separable connector. The one or more high voltage capacitors are encased by the insulating resin and can be electrically coupled to the separable connector at a first end portion when the plug body is inserted. The one or more low to voltage capacitors are electrically coupled in series to the one or more high voltage capacitors to form a capacitive voltage divider. The low voltage connection provides a low voltage signal corresponding to a high voltage signal present in the separable connector. Signal conditioning electronics or a memory may also be included.
US11525837B2	Automatic analyzer An object is to provide an automatic analyzer that prevents an effect of various environmental changes on an equilibrium state of an immunological binding reaction. An automatic analyzer of an embodiment of the invention includes a B/F separation unit that executes a B/F separation step separating an unreacted component and a reacted component from a liquid in which a sample and a reagent are reacted, a detection unit that detects a reacted component in the liquid after the B/F separation step, and a temperature maintaining unit that maintains the B/F separation unit and the detection unit in substantially the same temperature environment.
US11525836B2	Automated bioprocess development A method for automating process development in a bioprocessing environment is provided. The method comprising: executing a first experiment run according to a set of parameters; retrieving a first real-time set of data of the experiment run while the experiment run is being executed; retrieving a second real-time set of data of an experiment run being executed in parallel, analysing the retrieved first real-time set of data and the second real-time set of data to determine an adjusted set of parameters; and, modifying, based on the analysis, the parameters upon which the experiment run is being executed during execution of the run such that the run continues to be executed according to the modified set of parameters. A system, computer program and computer readable medium are also provided.
US11525830B2	Biosensor for detecting influenza A virus using Au—FE3O4 composite A biosensor for detecting an influenza A virus in a sample is disclosed, which includes: an influenza A virus antibody immobilized on a surface of Au—Fe3O4 composite; where the antibody binds with the influenza A virus in the sample, which converts 4-methylumbelliferyl-N-acetyl-α-D-neuraminic acid (MUNANA) to 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), where the 4-MU emits green light at pH of 5.5-6.5; and wherein the 4-MU emits blue light at pH of 9.3-11.3. In the biosensor, 1,1′-oxalyldiimidazole chemiluminescence (ODI-CL) reagent may be utilized to emit the blue and green lights.
US11525827B2	Bead incubation and washing on a droplet actuator Methods are provided for separating magnetically responsive beads from a droplet in a droplet actuator. Droplet operations electrodes and a magnet are arranged in a droplet actuator to manipulate a bead-containing droplet and position it relative to a magnetic field region that attracts the magnetically responsive beads. The droplet operations electrodes are operated to control the droplet shape and transport it away from the magnetic field region to form a concentration of beads in the droplet. The continued transport of the droplet away from the magnetic field causes the concentration of beads to break away from the droplet to yield a small, concentrated bead-containing droplet immobilized by the magnet.
US11525826B2	Method for detecting and/or characterising tumour cells and associated apparatus The present invention relates to the field of biological diagnosis in oncology. It relates to a method and apparatus for detecting and/or characterizing tumor cells by detecting one or more elements of the tumor cell secretome, in particular one or more peptides or proteins, and, in particular, one or more tumor markers. The invention also relates to detecting and/or characterizing droplets of tumor cells and their method of preparation.
US11525825B2	Assay kits The present invention is directed to kits for improving assay specificity and performance in binding assays.
US11525821B2	Growing media evaluation system and method A system and method for evaluating soil characteristics. The system and method includes providing one or more soil test kits to a user. The soil tests kits may include ion-exchange resins and may instruct the user to collect a soil sample from his/her growing area, to combine the soil sample with the ion-exchange resins, and to provide the combination to the system for analysis. Other test kits may not include ion-exchange resins and may instruct the user to provide a soil sample from his/her growing area to the system for analysis. The system evaluates the ion-exchange resins and/or the soil samples to identify nutrient levels, pH levels, and other characteristics of the soil. Using the evaluation results, the system provides feedback, recommendations and/or products to the user to improve the soil conditions and to ensure a successful crop, yield, quality, and nutrient density. The system and method also may include providing a second soil test kit to the user at a predetermined time after the first, to evaluate a second soil sample, and to compare the second evaluation results with the first to assess the improvement of the soil conditions.
US11525813B2	Bottle pressurization delivery system A container assembly for use with a high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrument is disclosed, in which the container assembly, when coupled to a source of pressurized gas, provides fluid medium to the HPLC instrument at positive pressure. The container assembly has an external exterior container shell, an internal fluid container for holding fluid medium, an interstitial volume between the external exterior container shell and the internal fluid container, a port for fluidly connecting the volume to a pressurized gas source, and a port for fluidly connecting the internal fluid container to the HPLC instrument. As a pressurized gas in the interstitial volume increases, fluid medium flows out of the port connected to the internal fluid bag and container assembly at a positive pressure. A system incorporating the container assembly, and method of use of the same, are also disclosed.
US11525812B2	Gas concentration measuring device and method of calibrating same A variable value calculating process includes: measuring a propagation time of the propagation of an ultrasound wave through a measurement sector inside a housing; obtaining a temperature calculated value on the basis of the measured value of the propagation time and a reference distance for the measurement sector; obtaining a temperature measured value by measuring the temperature inside the housing; and obtaining a temperature replacement fluctuation value indicating a difference between the temperature calculated value and the temperature measured value. The variable value calculating process is executed for each of a plurality of temperature conditions under which the temperature of a reference gas inside the housing differs. A temperature compensation table in which the temperature of a gas to be measured is associated with a temperature compensation value relating to the temperature is obtained on the basis of the temperature replacement fluctuation values obtained under each temperature condition.
US11525810B2	Method for ultrasonic inspection of structure having radiused surface using multi-centric radius focusing Multi-centric radius focusing is used to inspect a radiused surface of a radiused part having a varying radius without mechanically adjusting the array sensor. A plurality of focal laws are designed to electronically steer and focus ultrasound at respective focal points corresponding to centers of curvature of a simulated radiused surface having a varying radius. The mechanical probe that carries the array sensor is located to two physical places that are outside of the radiused area and have a spatial relationship that varies less than the radius of the radiused surface varies. As the probe is moved along the radiused part, the probe maintains the array sensor at a constant location relative to the radiused part. As the array sensor scans the radiused part, the array sensor is electronically adjusted to focus at the respective focal points in sequence.
US11525808B2	Detecting and quantifying liquid pools in hydrocarbon fluid pipelines Pressure-inducing devices and pressure transducers can be used to detect and quantify liquid pools in hydrocarbon fluid pipelines. Pressure fluctuations can be detected by a pressure transducer, where the pressure fluctuations are the response of a pressure-inducing device outputting a pressure signal in a pipe carrying hydrocarbons. Variation in a pipe diameter caused by pooling or deposition can be estimated using an inverse model. The pooling or depositions can be classified by applying a machine-learning model to the pressure fluctuations. The variation in pipe diameter can be converted to an equivalent liquid volume for pooling locations. A pooling or deposition location and volume can be output and used for determining an action on the pipe to remove the pooling or deposition.
US11525804B2	Optogalvanic effect detection system An optogalvanic effect (OGE) detection system utilizes an intracavity sample cell and a circuit that provides low noise stable excitation and maintenance of a radio frequency (rf) driven gas discharge within the sample cell and a direct current output proportional to the if driving voltage, associated monitoring devices and software. When an optical stimulus interacts with the discharge, any electrical change in the discharge can be simply determined with high precision and accuracy by measuring the impedance of the discharge via a measurement of the direct current output. In a preferred embodiment the rf gas discharge is created with a series resonant oscillator with two push pull sections connected together to generate the high voltage signal. A current source provides a low noise stable current to power the oscillator sections. A band pass amplifier filters the current of the discharge prior to measuring it.
US11525796B2	Microtube sensor for physiological monitoring A soft, flexible microtube sensor and associated method of sensing force are described. A liquid metallic alloy is sealed within a microtube as thin as a strand of human hair to form the physical force sensing mechanism. The sensor is hardly distinguishable with the naked eye, and can be used for the continuous biomonitoring of physiological signals, such as unobtrusive pulse monitoring. Also described is a method of fabricating the microtube sensor and wearable devices incorporating one or more microtube sensors.
US11525795B2	Online surface resistance measuring of primed substrates to evaluate drying state Apparatus and methods are provided for measuring the dryness of primer on a substrate in an inline priming system. In implementations, the apparatus comprises a plurality of measurement electrodes spaced laterally to extend across and contact a primed surface of a substrate following application of a primer to the substrate as it is fed through the inline priming system. A resistance measurement unit is provided as part of the dryness measuring apparatus to, in use, measure the surface resistance of the primed substrate between different measurement electrodes across the primed surface of a substrate. A controller is provided in the dryness measurement apparatus, the controller arranged to, in use: receive the measured surface resistance value and to generate, based on the measured surface resistance values, a dryness profile indicative of the dryness of the primer at locations across the substrate in the direction of the spacing of the electrodes.
US11525789B2	Apparatus and method for performing a computed tomography scan of an object which has an elongate shape, in particular wooden boards Apparatus and method for performing computed tomography scans of elongate objects, wherein the object is irradiated with X-rays emitted by a plurality of X-ray emitters which are offset relative to a forward movement direction transversal to the main axis of the object, wherein a rotation device rotates each object about its own main axis of extension while the object is irradiated by one or more beams of X-rays, wherein electronic identifying means estimate the instantaneous position and orientation of the axial portions of the object which are irradiated during the rotation, and wherein an electronic processing and control unit is programmed for combining sets of radiographic data acquired for each axial portion of the object at different detecting moments during the rotation, for processing a three-dimensional tomography reconstruction of the object while taking into account corresponding information about the position and the orientation of each axial portion at each moment.
US11525787B2	Pre-filled parenteral drug inspection station and method of using the same The invention is a flexible and configurable inspection system for the inspection of container units that combines and integrates a holding assembly for multiple containers integrating servo-controlled rotation of the units, transport and positioning of the containers that simulate human handling, and camera stations employing automated vision inspection. The system performs horizontal inspection for particulate and any other container defect that promotes particulate to better locate within the inspection area of the cameras. Inspection sequences and product recipes combine the typical manual inspection agitation with automated inspection rotational techniques to optimize detection. The system allows for semi-automatic operation with the operator at the front of the station feeding and out-feeding material manually or fully automated with conveyance system feeding and out-feeding material from the back of the station.
US11525773B2	Reading apparatus The present invention relates to the field of biochemical detection, and in particular to a reading apparatus for reading an assay result on a testing element. The reading apparatus comprises a first light-emitting element, a first photodetector and a light blocking element, wherein the first light-emitting element emits light and illuminates one or more corresponding areas of the testing element, the first photodetector receives light from one or more corresponding areas of the testing element, and the light blocking element guides a path of light emitted from a light emitting element and/or from a testing element. The light blocking element separates photodetectors in separate spaces, including a first light blocking element and a second light blocking element, wherein the first light blocking element is located between the first light-emitting element and the first photodetector, to guide the light emitted from the light emitting element to illuminate the testing element. The reading apparatus of the present invention allows light from a specific area of the testing element to be received by the photodetector and blocks invalid light from unrelated areas from entering the photodetector, thereby enhancing the accuracy and sensitivity of detection.
US11525770B2	Process and system for sizing two-dimensional nanostructures A process for sizing two-dimensional nanostructures includes providing the nanostructures to a liquid-liquid interface, providing probe particles to the liquid-liquid interface, obtaining an image of the nanostructures and the probe particles, and processing the image to ascertain a size property of the nanostructures.
US11525767B2	Optimizing method of suction condition of microparticle and microparticle fractionating device To provide a technology of optimizing a suction condition of a microparticle. The present technology provides an optimizing method of a suction condition of a microparticle including: a particle number counting step of detecting a time point when a microparticle passes through a predetermined position on a main flow path through which liquid containing the microparticle flows, sucking the microparticle from the main flow path to a microparticle suction flow path by the microparticle suction flow path with a predetermined suction force, and counting the number of microparticles sucked into the microparticle suction flow path; and a step of determining an elapsed time from passage through the predetermined position with which the suction by the microparticle suction flow path should be performed on the basis of a time from the time point when the microparticle passes through the predetermined position on the main flow path until the suction is performed and the number of counted microparticles.
US11525754B2	Leak detection system and method The system can include installing a gas meter in a gas supply net. The system may also include determining, by the gas meter, a level of pressure within the gas meter. The system may also include determining, by the gas meter, a flow rate level within the gas meter. The gas meter determines where a leak exists based on the flow rate level and the level of pressure. The system may also include determining, by the gas meter, a location of the leak, and whether the leak is upstream or downstream from the gas meter. The location of the leak is determined by the level of the pressure and the flow rate level. The system can also include a head end configured at a set position. The gas meter can inform the head end of the location of the leak.
US11525751B2	Sensor drive circuit with improved temperature characteristic compensation A sensor drive circuit for driving a sensor with a current includes at least one circuit configured to generate a drive current for the sensor, the drive current having a reverse temperature characteristic with respect to a temperature characteristic of an output voltage of the sensor. A temperature characteristic of sensor sensitivity has a negative first order coefficient and a positive second order coefficient. The sensor drive circuit includes a first current source configured to generate a first current having a temperature characteristic of which a first order coefficient is positive. The sensor drive circuit includes a second current source configured to generate a second current having a temperature characteristic of which a first order coefficient is negative. The sensor drive circuit includes a first current calculator configured to add the first current and the second current to generate a third current.
US11525743B2	Acoustic temperature measurement in layered environments An apparatus for measuring temperature in a layered environment includes an ultrasound transducer positioned perpendicular to an exterior surface of a first layer. The ultrasound transducer is in communication with a computer processor, power source, and computer-readable memory. The processor is configured to: measure a thickness of the first layer; measure an exterior surface temperature of the first layer; calculate an impedance of the first layer based on the thickness and the exterior surface temperature; and calculate an interior surface temperature of the first layer based on the impedance and the exterior surface temperature of the first layer.
US11525737B2	Wavelength tracking system, method to calibrate a wavelength tracking system, lithographic apparatus, method to determine an absolute position of a movable object, and interferometer system The invention provides a wavelength tracking system comprising a wavelength tracking unit and an interferometer system. The wavelength tracking unit has reflection surfaces at stabile positions providing a first reflection path with a first path length and a second reflection path with a second path length. The first path length is substantially larger than the second path length. The interferometer system comprises: a beam splitter to split a light beam in a first measurement beam and a second measurement beam; at least one optic element to guide the first measurement beam, at least partially, along the first reflection path and the second measurement beam, at least partially, along the second reflection path; a first light sensor arranged at an end of the first reflection path to receive the first measurement beam and to provide a first sensor signal on the basis of the first measurement beam; a second light sensor arranged at an end of the second reflection path to receive the second measurement beam and to provide a second sensor signal on the basis of the second measurement beam; and a processing unit to determine a wavelength or change in wavelength on the basis of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.
US11525734B2	Optical device allowing the angular and spectral emission of an object to be measured simultaneously A system for measuring the spatial distribution of the spectral emission of a measurement zone of an object, comprises: a first objective; means for selecting a portion of an image formed by the first objective; a diaphragm; light-dispersing means located in the vicinity of the diaphragm and allowing the light coming from the selecting means to be dispersed; and a second objective placed between the selecting means and the diaphragm, interacting with the first objective so that the aperture of the diaphragm is optically conjugated with the measurement zone by the first and second objectives. The first objective forms an image on a predetermined Fourier surface on which each point corresponds to an emission direction of the object for one particular wavelength. The selecting means have a selection surface shaped depending on the predetermined. Fourier surface, and the selecting means are placed on the predetermined Fourier surface.
US11525727B2	Device and method for controlling an optical recognition unit with the help of a capacitive filling level measurement in liquid containers A device for controlling an optical recognition unit with the help of a capacitive filling level measurement in liquid containers having a sensor with a measuring electrode, a conductive base plate suitable for arranging at least one liquid container or a carrier unit having at least one receptacle for receiving a liquid container, a sensor electronics unit that is connected to the measuring electrode and the base plate adapted to determine a capacitance between the measuring electrode and base plate, an evaluation unit, and a control unit for controlling the optical recognition unit, is disclosed.
US11525726B2	Liquid sensor Provided is a liquid sensor capable of relatively accurately detecting the liquid level even if vibration or the like occurs. The liquid sensor is configured to detect a liquid level in a state in which at least a portion of the liquid sensor is immersed in liquid. This liquid sensor includes a substrate. The substrate is provided with a hole. An inner circumferential surface of the substrate is formed around the hole. A first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode are formed on the inner circumferential surface. The liquid sensor further includes a detection circuit. The detection circuit is configured to detect capacitance between the first and second electrodes.
US11525725B2	Machine fluid condition monitoring system A hub, sight glass column and bottom sediment and water bowl are described. The hub is adapted to interconnect multiple machine fluid equipment to a single port on a machine. The hub is provided with an adjustable fitting connectable to a housing, and recessed within the hub. The sight glass column is configured to be indirectly attachable to a machine via a machine connector such that machine fluid is transferable from the machine to the sight glass column. The sight glass column further has a remote sensing port, and a lockable oil level ring. The bottom sediment and water bowl has a conically shaped bottom to direct fluid to a drain valve, and an indicator located on an upper tip of the drain valve. The indicator is configured to provide information with respect to one or more contaminant or property of machine fluid within the bottom sediment and water bowl.
US11525722B2	Detection device A detection device for detecting characteristics of a mixed fluid containing different types of substances with different thermal properties within a prescribed range, includes: one or a plurality of heaters for heating the mixed fluid; a plurality of temperature detectors for detecting the temperature of the mixed fluid heated; a flow rate calculation unit for calculating the flow rate of the mixed fluid using the output from at least a portion of the plurality of temperature detectors; a correspondence relation storage unit that stores the correspondence relation between the output from the temperature detectors for a prescribed flow rate and the mixture ratio of the substances in the mixed fluid; and a mixture ratio calculation unit for calculating the mixture ratio of the substances in the mixed fluid on the basis of the output from the temperature detectors and the correspondence relation.
US11525715B2	Linearization of input signals An apparatus for linearizing an input signal includes a memory, in which an output value is stored for each of a plurality of linearization points. The linearization points divide a value range into a plurality of intervals. Each interval is delimited by a first linearization point with an assigned first output value and a second linearization point with an assigned second output value. The apparatus includes a computer device configured to determine the interval in which an input signal value of the input signal is located and to calculate a linearized output signal value for the input signal value by way of a linear interpolation using the input signal value, the first output value of this interval, and the second output value of this interval. At least two of the intervals have different interval lengths, which are formed by multiplication of an output interval length by an integer factor.
US11525713B2	Electronic control device for controlling sensors An electronic control device (2) for controlling a sensor (3) comprising a box-shaped body provided on one side with an electronic connector (21), suitable for coupling with an analogous electrical connector (31) associated with such a sensor (3). Such a device, inside such a box-shaped body, comprises electrical power supply means (22) for supplying said sensor, at least one electronic control board (23) for controlling said sensor, with which radio transmission means of the data detected by the sensors are associated.
US11525712B2	Method and transfer device for transferring data blocks A method for transferring data blocks from a field device to a server, each data block including data describing an operation of the field device during a block time period is provided. The method includes setting a first and a second pointer delimiting a completed time period; and, until a predetermined transfer period elapses: transferring the data blocks having a block time period that is later than the second pointer to the server in a chronological order; and if all data blocks having a block time period that is later than the second pointer have been transferred to the server, transferring the data blocks having a block time period that is earlier than the first pointer to the server in an anti-chronological order. Data blocks can efficiently and reliably be transferred to the server.
US11525698B2	Enhanced vehicle operation A computer is programmed to allocate respective connectivity quality data of a geographic area to a first map or a second map. The computer is further programmed to assign one of a plurality of subsets of the first map and one of a plurality of subsets of the second map to a first vehicle, identify respective locations of the first and second vehicles and one of the first or second maps that includes the locations of the first and second vehicles. The computer is further programmed to send, to the first and second vehicles, a map dataset that is a result of applying an XOR function to (1) the subset of the identified map that includes the location of the first vehicle assigned to the first vehicle and (2) the subset of the identified map that includes the location of the second vehicle assigned to the second vehicle.
US11525693B2	Route guidance apparatus, route guidance method, and storage medium The present invention provides a route guidance apparatus for guiding a go-around route of a plurality of transit points, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire request information of a user and event information for each of candidates of the plurality of transit points; a selection unit configured to select possible round transit points among the candidates of the plurality of transit points in accordance with a matching degree between the request information and the event information; and a decision unit configured to decide a go-around route of the transit points selected by the selection unit.
US11525687B2	Method for determining correction values, method for determining a position of a motor vehicle The disclosure relates to a method for determining correction values for a number of sensors of a traveling motor vehicle. The method being based on backward calculation. The disclosure further relates to a method for determining a position of a motor vehicle, using the correction values. The disclosure also relates to an associated electronic control device and to an associated non-volatile computer-readable storage medium.
US11525685B2	Systems and methods for creating electronic indoor maps for emergency services Systems and methods for creating electronic indoor maps for emergency services are provided. The system has a processor operatively coupled to at least one storage unit and a communication component, the processor being configured for: receiving a service provider identifier from a computing device of at least one computing device; granting the computing device access to an annotation layer of an electronic map of at least one electronic map based on the service provider identifier; generating at least one annotation in response to receiving at least one selection of a service resource within a facility from the computing device; and storing the at least one annotation in the annotation layer.
US11525679B2	Angular velocity sensor and sensor element In an angular velocity sensor, a pair of support parts are separated from each other in an x-axis direction in an orthogonal coordinate system xyz. A main part extends along the x-axis. A pair of extension parts connect two ends of the main part and inner sides of the support parts. The driving arms extend from the main part alongside each other in a y-axis direction separated from each other in the x-axis direction. The detecting arm extends from the main part in the y-axis direction at a position which is between the pair of driving arms. The driving circuit supplies voltages so that the pair of driving arms vibrate so as to bend to inverse sides from each other in the x-axis direction. The detecting circuit detects the signal generated due to bending deformation of the detecting arm in the z-axis direction.
US11525677B2	Surveying apparatus for surveying an object The present invention relates to a surveying apparatus for surveying an object as well as a surveying system comprising the surveying apparatus having a simple and compact optical setup. The surveying apparatus comprises a lens arrangement including at least one movably arranged focus lens element for focusing to sight an object; an imaging unit configured to obtain an image of at least a part of the object; a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the object along the optical axis of the distance measuring unit; and a beam splitter/combiner configured to combine a part of the optical imaging path of the imaging unit and a part of the optical distance measuring path of the distance measuring unit so that the optical axis of the imaging unit and the optical axis of the distance measuring unit are at least coaxially arranged with the optical axis of the lens arrangement between the lens arrangement and the beam splitter/combiner.
US11525664B2	Calibration method A calibration method includes the steps of placing a structure to be measured at a first position, measuring a first distance from a laser interferometer to a reflector, and measuring first coordinates of a body to be measured, moving the structure to be measured to a second position, measuring a second distance from the laser interferometer to the reflector and measuring second coordinates of the structure to be measured with the coordinate measuring apparats, while the structure to be measured is at the second position, determining a scale error of the reference instrument, mounting the reference instrument, measuring the interval between objects to be measured, and calculating a calibration value of the interval between the objects to be measured.
US11525661B2	Magnetic unit, position detection apparatus, and magnetic member A position detection apparatus includes a magnetic unit and a sensor. The magnetic unit includes a magnetic member and a retainer. The magnetic member includes a magnet and a first magnetic yoke. The magnet extends in an axial direction and has a cross-section orthogonal to the axial direction, and a first maximum outer diameter in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction. The cross-section has a substantially constant area in the axial direction. The first magnetic yoke is disposed adjacent to the magnet in the axial direction and has a second maximum outer diameter in the radial direction. The second maximum outer diameter is greater than the first maximum outer diameter. The retainer extends in the axial direction and retains the magnetic member. The sensor detects a magnetic field that changes in association with a movement of the magnetic unit along the axial direction.
US11525660B2	Surface shape measuring device and surface shape measuring method When an index table is installed on a rotary table in a surface shape measuring device, deterioration in measurement accuracy can be suppressed. The surface shape measuring device includes: a rotary table which is configured to place a workpiece thereon and to be freely rotatable around a rotation center axis; and a detector configured to detect a displacement of a probe brought into contact with the workpiece. The rotary table has a centering mechanism configured to align a center axis of the workpiece and the rotation center axis. An index table freely detachably mounted on the rotary table is provided, the index table configured so as to be able to perform indexing along a first axis and a second axis which are perpendicular to the rotation center axis. Eccentric load cancelling means configured to cancel an eccentric load caused by the indexing of the index table is provided.
US11525653B1	Hermetically sealed initiator having exploding foil initiator mounted to aluminum end plate An initiator assembly that includes an end plate, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of epoxy plugs, an insulator layer and an exploding foil initiator. The end plate is formed of aluminum and has a plurality of first terminal apertures formed there through. Each of the terminals is received through a corresponding one of the first terminal aperture. Each epoxy plug is received in an associated one of the first terminal apertures and is sealingly engaged to the end plate and to an associated one of the terminals. The insulator layer is received over the end plate. The exploding foil initiator is abutted against the insulator layer and has a bridge and a pair of initiator contacts. Each of the initiator contacts is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the terminals.
US11525652B2	Preparation method of uniform low stress cone shaped charge liner A preparation method of a uniform low stress cone shaped charge liner includes the steps of multi-pass extrusion forming, vibration aging treatment, and cryogenic treatment. The step of multi-pass extrusion forming refers to 4 to 8 passes of extrusion deformation under the actions of a three-dimensional compressive stress and a deformation rate of 5 to 10 mm/s, having a deformation amount of 5 to 50% for each pass. The shaped charge liner prepared by the present invention has high dimensional accuracy, good geometric symmetry, low stress value, and excellent stability in the precise machining process and in use, which may significantly improve the penetration capability and stability of the shaped charge liner of high-explosive anti-tank warheads.
US11525651B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle with electromagnetic pulse transmitter An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is disclosed. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle includes a body, rotors attached to the body, one or more sensors, and an electromagnetic pulse transmitter. The electromagnetic pulse transmitter is configured to transmit an EMP and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is configured to track a target Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using the one or more sensors and direct the electromagnetic pulse transmitter at the target Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to disrupt the target Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
US11525648B2	Firearm having an integral compensator A Glock compensator integral with a barrel, and a slide assembly allow escaping gases to dampen recoil associated with firing a Glock firearm. The Glock barrel is removed from the front of the firearm allowing for the integrated compensator at the front of the firearm. Various features, including a lock design, debris port, swept back side ports, height offset, nose ring design and mass-reducing rear cutout, result in an efficient and effective integrated compensator suitable for 4th and 5th generation Glock firearms. The compensator and barrel may be fabricated from the same piece of billet. A pair of side rails may be positioned and configured to slidably receive a slide assembly.
US11525647B2	Firearm barrel feeding geometry Provided are barrels, barrel assemblies, firearms, and associated components, assemblies, and methods. A barrel of a firearm may include an inner surface defining a bore configured to guide a projectile as the projectile is propelled through the bore by pressurized gas. The barrel may define a muzzle end, a chamber end opposite the muzzle end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the muzzle end and the chamber end. The inner surface may define a chamber at the chamber end of the barrel. The chamber may receive a cartridge and to support at least a portion of a casing of the cartridge during firing. The barrel may further define one or more barrel feed ramps at the chamber end configured to guide at least a portion of the cartridge into the chamber during an operational cycle of the firearm. The barrel may engage with a barrel extension as a barrel assembly.
US11525644B1	Multi-material firearm receiver A metallic component of a lower receiver for a firearm is disclosed herein. The metallic component includes a body with apertures between a first side of the body and a second side of the body. The body can be configured to mate with another component of the lower receiver along the second side. The two lower receiver components can be detachably affixed together via the apertures. The body can have a ring-shaped protrusion at a first end. The ring-shaped protrusion can extend outward perpendicular to the first side and the second side.
US11525638B2	High-performance heat exchanger with calibrated bypass A heat exchanger assembly includes a cooling plate with at least one outer heat transfer surface adapted for thermal contact with one or more heat-generating substrates. A fluid flow path extends from an inlet port to an outlet port, with a plurality of cooling zones spaced apart along the fluid flow path, each cooling zone including a heat transfer element such as a corrugated fin sheet in contact with the inner surface of the first plate wall. Manifold spaces are defined proximate to the inlet and outlet ports, and between adjacent cooling zones. One or more bypass flow passages are provided between upstream and downstream ends of at least one cooling zone, to divert a portion of the heat transfer fluid from flowing through the cooling zone. The volume of fluid flow bypassing one or more cooling zones is calibrated to improve temperature uniformity of the heat-generating substrates.
US11525635B2	Vapor chamber water-filling section sealing structure A vapor chamber water-filling section sealing structure. The vapor chamber water-filling section sealing structure includes a main body and a capillary structure. The main body has a first plate body and a second plate body, which are correspondingly mated with each other to together define an airtight chamber and a water-filling section. A flange is disposed along an outer periphery of the main body. The water-filling section has a water-filling notch and a water-filling passage. Two ends of the water-filling passage are respectively connected with the flange and the water-filling notch to communicate with the airtight chamber. A portion of the water-filling passage that is connected with the flange is pressed to have a height equal to the height of the flange or lower than the height of the flange. The capillary structure is disposed in the airtight chamber of the main body.
US11525631B2	Device for controlling the temperature of objects A device for controlling the temperature of, and in particular for drying, objects, in particular vehicle bodies, having a housing which integrates a temperature-control chamber that includes at least one air outlet and at least one air inlet. The temperature-control chamber is assigned at least one heating unit in which it is possible to generate a hot primary gas flow and to which it is possible to supply, from the air outlet, air that is to be heated. The heating unit includes a heat exchanger device into which the hot primary gas can be guided and in which it is possible to heat air from the temperature-control chamber using hot primary gas, which air can be supplied, as heated recirculation air, in a circuit via the at least one air inlet back to the temperature-control chamber. The heating unit includes at least a first and a second flow outlet via which heated recirculation air leaves the heating unit.
US11525629B2	Target residual moisture content for lyophilized drug product Lyophilization methods for preparing protein formulations for long-term storage at room temperature or improved stability at refrigeration storage are provided. Specifically, the present application provides lyophilization methods to obtain a target percentage of residual moisture of a lyophilized product, such as 3-5% residual moisture. The secondary drying of the lyophilization can be conducted under controlling rate of desorption under a temperature which is similar to the shelf temperature of the primary drying. Alternatively, the lyophilization can be conducted without a distinguished secondary drying step.
US11525625B2	Multi accessory rack An accessory rack includes a pair of support arms. Each support arm includes a rail that is configured to slidably receive and retain a retention feature formed on an accessory item. Each rail is spaced apart based on a predetermined width that corresponds to the distance between retention features disposed on the sides of one or more, interchangeable accessory items. The accessory rack may be slidably coupled to an existing refrigerator shelf assembly. A refrigerator shelf assembly may include an integrated accessory rack.
US11525613B2	Ice making machine An ice making machine may include an ice tray comprising a water storage recessed part in which water supplied from a water supply pipe is stored, a drive part structured to reverse the ice tray around an axial line passing the ice tray between a water storage position where the water storage recessed part faces an upper side and an ice separation position where the water storage recessed part faces a lower side, and a frame which supports the ice tray and the drive part. The frame includes a frame portion which is separated to a side from a turning locus formed by turning of the ice tray, and a water pouring part which is protruded from the frame portion to a side of the turning locus.
US11525612B2	Method for refrigerant charge determination in a cooling circuit A method for refrigerant charge determination in a cooling circuit including a low-pressure section and a high-pressure section. At least one compressor unit generates a compression flow of refrigerant from said low-pressure section to said high-pressure section. At least one expansion device generates an expansion flow of refrigerant from said high-pressure section to said low-pressure section. A heat-releasing heat exchanger in said high-pressure section cools and condenses compressed refrigerant. A heat-absorbing heat exchanger in said low-pressure section vaporizes said expanded refrigerant. The method includes loading refrigerant from said low-pressure section into said high-pressure section. An unloading step admits the expansion flow of refrigerant loaded in said high-pressure section into said low pressure section and determines the amount of refrigerant flowing in said unloading step. The method includes calculating the refrigerant charge in said cooling circuit, based on the amount of refrigerant flowing from said high-pressure section to said low-pressure section.
US11525610B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes evaporator cases arranged in a freezing chamber and located on a bottom surface of a partition wall, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator cases, and grill covers arranged on a rear side of the evaporator cases and having a blowing fan installed therein. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to a refrigerating chamber and through which at least a portion of cold air passing through the blowing fan flows, and a freezing chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to the freezing chamber and through which the remaining cold air among the cold air passing through the blowing fan passes.
US11525601B2	Flexible duct connector processing system The flexible duct connector processing system of the present invention comprises a decoiler machine and a processing machine. The decoiler machine stores one or more rolls of flexible duct connector stock which are fed to the processing machine. The processing machine beads, notches, and cuts the flexible duct connector stock according to programmed instructions received from a control system. A conveyor system disposed after the processing machine optionally collects the cut flexible duct connector stock and conveys it in batches.
US11525599B2	Controller of air conditioning apparatus, outdoor unit, relay unit, heat source unit, and air conditioning apparatus When heating is being performed, and a temperature detected by a temperature sensor is lower than a first determination value, a controller opens the flow rate control valve corresponding to a heat exchanger, of the third heat exchangers, to which a request for air conditioning has not been made, and closes the flow rate control valve corresponding to a heat exchanger, of the third heat exchangers, to which the request for air conditioning has been made. When heating is being performed, and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than a second determination value, the controller opens the flow rate control valve corresponding to the heat exchanger to which the request for air conditioning has been made, and closes the flow rate control valve corresponding to the heat exchanger to which the request for air conditioning has not been made.
US11525597B2	Smart vent system for localized air quality control An environmental control system for a building, the system including a vent. The vent includes one or more louvers configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone and a vent circuit configured to operate the one or more louvers based on one or more control commands. The system includes a controller device including a processing circuit configured to receive a selection of an operating profile from a plurality of predefined operating profiles for the vent, each of the plurality of predefined operating profiles indicating an intended use of the zone, determine, based on the operating profile, the one or more control commands, and cause the vent circuit to operate the one or more louvers based on the one or more control commands.
US11525591B2	Positioning system and method for determining the position of fans The disclosure relates to a method for determining the positions of a number of fans (Vn,m) for generating an air flow in a preferably enclosed space, which have a speed sensor for determining their position, wherein the fans (Vn,m) are arranged in rows (R1, R2, . . . , Rn) and columns (S1, S2, . . . , Sm), wherein at least the position (i, j) of one fan (Vi,j) is known.
US11525578B2	Dynamics-mitigating adapter for bundled tube fuel nozzle A combustor having bundled tube fuel nozzles is provided. At least one of the fuel nozzles has a dynamics-mitigating adapter removably coupled thereto. The adapter includes a mounting body defining at least one flow passage aligned with an inlet of at least one tube of the at least one fuel nozzle. The at least one flow passage extends an axial length of the at least one tube. The adapter may include extenders aligned with each tube of the fuel nozzle, and the extenders may have identical or different lengths. Adapters may be used for each fuel nozzle of the combustor. The mounting body may be a monolithic unit through which the flow passages are defined or may include a plurality of extenders affixed to and extending upstream of the mounting body.
US11525577B2	Extended bulkhead panel A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel.
US11525576B2	Lighter device having accessory storage A device comprises a main body having a first, lighter portion and a second portion. The lighter portion is configured to house a lighter mechanism capable of igniting a flame. The second portion contains a pocket accessible from outside the main body and is configured to receive an accessory.
US11525573B2	Heat shrink gas gun A heat shrink gas gun has a handle which has a back side and a front side. The front side of the handle includes a cavity extending along an axis. An igniter is configured for ignition of the heat shrink gas gun and is actuated by a trigger. The igniter is insertably disposed in the cavity. The igniter is releasably received in the cavity. A trigger guard is positioned in front of the trigger and the front side in a spaced relationship. The trigger guard includes a through hole corresponding to the cavity so as to facilitate installation and replacement of the igniter.
US11525571B2	Steam injection heater with integrated cleaning mechanism A direct contact steam injection heater that includes a stem plug that is rotatable over 360°. The stem plug is connected to an actuator that is operable to rotate the stem plug over 360° of rotation during both the heating function of the steam injection heater and during a clean-in-place process. The stem plug includes a regulating head having a pair of sealing inserts formed on each of a pair of sealing faces. The sealing inserts are biased outward into contact with an inner surface that includes the steam injection nozzles. As the regulating head rotates between a closed position and an open position, the nozzles are exposed to allow steam to flow into the product being heated. The regulating head further includes a pair of foils. During the clean-in-place operation, the foils create a turbulent flow of cleaning liquid within the steam chamber.
US11525570B2	Tealight cup A tealight cup for holding a combustible candle has a a side wall, a base with a flat central area, at least two bulges positioned around the flat central area, wherein the bulges have a height (h) of at least 10% of the height (H) of the side wall and are positioned around the flat central area circumferentially along a common circumference and have a total volume equal to at least 10% of the volume of the part of the cup from the base to the height (h) of the bulges.
US11525563B2	Luminous device and wearable object with lighting function A luminous device includes a luminous module. The luminous module includes a plurality of LED chips, a driving chip and a package body. The driving chip is configured to selectively drive the LED chips to emit light. The driving chip includes a power pad, a plurality of LED pads corresponding to the plurality of LED chips respectively and a ground pad. The driving chip receives a power signal having a selecting signal and a luminous signal by the power pin, and determines the LED chips to emit light according to the luminous signal or not based on the selecting signal. The luminous device uses the power signal of selecting the LED chip as the driving power for driving the LED chips to emit light in the same time. The luminous device not only reduces the volume, but also saves the cost.
US11525562B2	Utility mount light A utility light mountable to a workpiece including a main body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a length extending between the first end and the second end. A light assembly is coupled to the main body and has a light housing and a light source disposed within the light housing. The light housing is pivotable and rotatable relative to the main body. The utility light further includes a battery support portion configured to selectively receive a battery. The battery support portion disposed at the first end of the main body. A handle assembly is coupled to the second end of the main body. The handle assembly has a first member configured to be grasped for carrying and maneuvering the utility light and a second member that is moveable relative to the first member.
US11525559B2	Set comprising a plug connectable LED and a photocurable composition A set including a plug connectable LED and a packaged photocurable composition. It relates also to methods for applying that article. The photocurable composition includes cyanoacrylate monomers and/or acrylate monomers, and a visible light photoinitiator system. The plug connectable LED, when connected to a host mobile device including a rechargeable battery, allows energisation of the LED so that it can be used as a convenient light source to cure the photocurable composition. The set itself does not comprise a battery or, batteries. The set is a versatile consumer product in the field of adhesives, fillers, sealants and coatings.
US11525558B2	Outdoor landscape light Disclosed is an outdoor light fixture assembly having a housing and a lens module. The lens module is removable from the housing for servicing. The removable lens module includes a socket for one or more light sources and a lens. The outdoor light fixture further includes engagement structures for installing and removing the lens module from the housing without the use of tools.
US11525555B2	Light source system A light source system, comprising: a wavelength conversion layer (102, 202) used for receiving exciting light (L3) and generating excited light (L2); a transparent thermal conduction substrate (104, 204) used for supporting the wavelength conversion layer (102, 202), and an excitation light source which emits the exciting light (L3) from a side of the wavelength conversion layer (102, 202) to the wavelength conversion layer (102, 202); and a red light source which emits red light (L1) from a side of the transparent thermal conduction substrate (104, 204) to the wavelength conversion layer (102, 202). The light source system can effectively solve the problem of insufficient red light in fluorescent powder excitation technology.
US11525551B1	Lighting device for vehicle The present disclosure relates to a lighting device for a vehicle, including a housing unit positioned on a vehicle body and configured to have an opening, a light source unit positioned on the housing unit and configured to radiate light, a reflection unit provided in the housing unit and configured to reflect the light, radiated by the light source unit, by differently setting a reflection angle for each section, and a screen unit positioned on the housing unit and configured to cover the opening and implement grill lighting by transmitting the light reflected by the reflection unit.
US11525550B2	Lamp for automobile and automobile including the same A lamp for an automobile and an automobile including the lamp. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a lamp for an automobile includes: a light source that generates and emits light; and a micro lens array (MLA) module which is provided in front of the light source and on which the light is incident. The MLA module includes: an entrance lens array; an exit lens array; and a shield provided between the entrance lens array and the exit lens array. The shield includes a protrusion area forming an upper periphery of the shield and protruding upward and a recess area recessed downward from the protrusion area. Minute protrusions each having a shape lifted upward are provided in some of the plurality of protrusion areas or the plurality of recess areas.
US11525549B1	Solar powered illumination device A solar powered illumination device, including a bulb to illuminate in at least one color, a base unit removably connected to the bulb to receive the bulb therein, a solar cell circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of the base unit to generate power in response to receiving an external light source and send the power to the bulb, and a connector unit, including a connector body removably connected between the bulb and the base unit, and a photodiode disposed on at least a portion of the connector body to generate power for the bulb in response to receiving the external light source thereon.
US11525546B2	Pre-assembled gas plumbing system and methods The invention relates generally to natural gas plumbing systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a plumbing system that is preassembled to a large extent at a manufacturing site prior to shipping to the site of installation. The pre-assembled plumbing system may be used to convey gas to, for example, a fire pit, outdoor gas grill, fire bowl, gas lighting, and fire tables. The pre-assembled plumbing system may be easily installed and may include a flexible gas pipe, a transition riser, and a lead-in assembly. Further, the lead-in assembly may include a swivel joint configured to provide 360 degrees of multi-plane range of motion. The plumbing system may be coiled for storage and then transported to a site. Advantageously, the plumbing system is manufactured and sold as a single pre-assembled unit, thereby facilitating the ease and speed with which the plumbing system can be installed.
US11525544B2	Fuel storage module assembly The present disclosure provides systems and methods for producing a hydrogen storage vessel that is lightweight. The hydrogen storage vessel may comprise an inner body and an outer body structured as concentric rings with a conic interface. The vessel may have four material layers, including a barrier layer, an insulation layer, a fiber knit, and an abrasion layer. The fiber knit may be braided to trap the hydrogen, as the barrier layer may not be completely impermeable. Additionally, the fiber braid may be clamped to the outer body, enabling pressure pushing on the inner body to wedge and seal the storage vessel.
US11525542B2	Assembling structure for rod to be fixed or detached with stand An assembling structure for a rod to be fixed or detached with a stand is provided, which includes an upper clamp element, a lower clamp element, and a bushing. The upper clamp element and the lower clamp element include an upper clamping space and a lower clamping space respectively. The shapes thereof correspond to the rod to tightly clamp the rod onto the stand. The lower clamp element includes a positioning structure that holds up the stand. The bushing is located between the upper clamp element and the stand body, so that the rod can be quickly pulled out from the upper and lower clamping space with less friction after the upper clamp element and the lower clamp element are loosened. When re-inserted, the rod is positioned through being held up by the positioning structure to meet the usage needs of fast withdrawal or positioning the rod.
US11525537B2	Pipe crawler An apparatus includes a pipe crawler (100). The pipe crawler (100) includes one or more drive wheels (308) capable of moving along and around a pipe, and one or more instruments coupled to the one or more drive wheels (308). An instrument includes one or more of a sensor instrument and a maintenance instrument. The pipe crawler (100) includes a retention mechanism (4) that retains the one or more drive wheels (308) against an outer surface of the pipe. The retention mechanism (104) provides adjustable positions for the one or more drive wheels (308) for disposing the one or more drive wheels (308) against the outer surface of the pipe. The apparatus includes a controller (302) that communicates with the one or more drive wheels (308) to move the one or more drive wheels (308) on the outer surface of the pipe, and that operates the one or more instruments.
US11525524B2	Magnetically-operable shutter assembly A magnetically-operable shutter assembly comprises a fixed core and a movable core which can be configured between a contact condition and a condition of the utmost mutual distance and further comprises an encapsulation body capable of simultaneously containing the fixed core and the movable core; the encapsulation body can be installed within a body of a complex functional assembly which is configurable at least in a hindrance configuration for a fluid flow and in an admittance configuration for said fluid flow through the complex functional assembly itself.
US11525519B2	Coolant valve for a vehicle Coolant valve for a vehicle includes a housing having a plurality of coolant ports, a valve element arranged in an adjustable manner in the housing in order to connect or disconnect coolant ports, and at least one seal arrangement. The seal arrangement bears in a sealing manner against the housing on one side and in a sealing manner against the valve element on the other side, the seal arrangement having a carrier element made of a first material and a sealing element made of a second material, the second material being softer than the first material. The sealing element has a first sealing lip bearing against the valve element and the carrier element having a supporting portion. The first sealing lip protrudes beyond the supporting portion with a free end, and the first sealing lip is pressed against the supporting portion when coolant flows through the coolant valve.
US11525518B1	Pipe stopper assembly A pipe stopper includes an expandable stopper body defining a stopper cavity and configurable in an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration; a pressure assembly comprising a pressure housing and a piston, the piston slidably engaged with a housing cavity of the pressure housing, the piston operatively connected to the expandable stopper body; and a valve stem define a stem fluid pathway, the valve stem movable between an open position and a closed position; wherein, in the open position, the stem fluid pathway is in fluid communication with the housing cavity and the expandable stopper body is movable to the expanded configuration, and in the closed configuration, the stem fluid pathway is not in fluid communication with the housing cavity and the expandable stopper body is movable to the contracted configuration.
US11525513B2	Spiral conveyor mezzanine seal A thermal processing apparatus (20) includes a spiral conveyor system (22) configured into an ascending spiral stack (26). An inner mezzanine (40) is disposed within the circular interior of the stack (26) and an exterior mezzanine (42) encircles the spiral stack. The mezzanines divide the processing chamber (32) into a plurality of processing zones. A sealing system (90) seals the interior mezzanine (40) relative to the spiral stack (26). A sealing system (130) seals the outer mezzanine (42) relative to the exterior of the spiral stack, and a seal system (132) seals the outer mezzanine relative to the walls (56, 58) of the housing, thereby to limit the leakage of the processing fluid between the mezzanines and the spiral stack (26) and housing walls so that as much as the thermal processing medium is possible is forced through the spiral stack for processing work products carried on the conveyor system (22).
US11525509B2	Resin member A resin member capable of inhibiting generation of particles due to repeated bending thereof is provided. A rolling diaphragm 5 composed of a resin member has one surface formed as a liquid contact surface 37a, repeatedly bends when used, and has flexibility. A surface roughness of the liquid contact surface 37a at a portion 371 that bends is less than 0.40 μm as an arithmetic average roughness, and a total light reflectance of the liquid contact surface 37a at the portion 371 that bends is not less than 2.0%.
US11525507B2	Axle housing with at least one dam Systems are provided for an axle housing comprising at least one dam. In one example, an axle housing, comprising a center portion including a cavity configured to house a differential assembly and at least one dam arranged in an arm portion that extends from the center portion and is configured to receive an axle shaft, wherein the at least one dam comprises a flow facilitating protrusion that extends from the dam panel in a direction away from the center portion.
US11525504B2	Drive train design for electric driven vehicles A powertrain arrangement for a transverse mounted motor for an electric powered automotive passenger vehicle including opposing wheel shafts for powering two parallel mounted wheels, the shafts rotating about a first axis, the shafts having at least one end torsionally connected with a differential, an electrical rotor torsionally connected with the wheel shafts via a planetary gear train, an electrical stator surrounding the rotor, a casing supporting the rotor and the wheel shafts, the casing encompassing the stator, the casing having a floor forming a lubricant reservoir, and a baffle located in the lubricant reservoir. The baffle forming a wall with a portal allowing flow through the formed wall, and wherein an increase of fluid pressure throttles flow through the formed wall.
US11525500B2	Internal structure of actuator for differential mode shift An actuator is used to longitudinally move a spline sleeve for controlling drive mode of a differential on an off-road vehicle. The actuator's motor rotates an eccentric knob through a drive train including intermediate gears and a worm gear. The eccentric knob is linked to the spline sleeve through a torsion spring carried on a pivot plate, with legs of the torsion spring pushing a slide block, transferring a moment provided by the eccentric knob into a linear slide force. The pivot plate and torsion spring are jointly mounted on the actuator housing by a hub, opposite the rotational axis of the eccentric knob from the slide block. The slide block includes a contact which completes a circuit through conductive pads on the actuator housing, so the position of the slide block can be directly sensed.
US11525494B2	Dual mass flywheel coupling member A dual mass flywheel coupling member for selectively coupling a primary mass and a secondary mass of a dual mass flywheel, the coupling member comprising: a central aperture for enabling axial alignment with the primary mass and the secondary mass; at least one resiliently deformable member, the resiliently deformable member comprising a fixing point attachable to the primary mass to rigidly couple one end of the resiliently deformable member to the primary mass; and at least one engagement feature coupled to the coupling member at a point remote from the fixing point, wherein the engagement feature is configured to engage the secondary mass upon deformation of the resiliently deformable member in an installed configuration.
US11525485B1	Axle disconnect assembly with blocked mode transition An axle disconnect assembly, including: a housing; a shaft; a sleeve non-rotatably connected to the shaft and including teeth; a shift assembly; and at least one resilient element directly connected to the shift assembly. In a first blocked mode, the teeth of the sleeve contact the power output without meshing with teeth of the power output, the shift assembly deflects the at least one resilient element to at least one first shape, and the at least one resilient element urges the sleeve against the power output. In a second blocked mode, the teeth of the sleeve are meshed with the teeth of the power output, a force blocks disengagement of the sleeve from the power output, the shift assembly deflects the at least one resilient element to at least one second, and the at least one resilient element urges the sleeve away from the power output without displacing the sleeve.
US11525483B2	Self-centering flexible coupling A coupling for allowing torque transmission between a first and second shaft, the coupling comprising: a cup-shaped portion provided at a first end of said first shaft and a first end of said second shaft being positioned within said cup-shaped portion; and said coupling further comprising a biasing means positioned between said first and second shafts, such that said biasing means is in contact with both of said first and second shafts. A shaft system can include the first coupling in combination with a third shaft and a second coupling that is provided between the third shaft and either a second end of said first shaft or a second end of said second shaft. The second coupling is identical to the first coupling.
US11525478B2	Wind turbine A wind turbine includes a rotor shaft. The rotor shaft is mounted via a bearing assembly having a first bearing ring and a second bearing ring mounted to rotate in relation to the first bearing ring. A hydrostatically supported first friction bearing segment is disposed on the first bearing ring and interacts with a first friction face that is disposed on the second bearing ring. The first friction bearing segment is received in a receptacle pocket of the first bearing ring such that a first compression chamber is formed between the first bearing ring and the first friction bearing segment. The first friction bearing segment is configured such that a second compression chamber is formed between the first friction bearing segment and the second bearing ring, wherein the first compression chamber and the second compression chamber are connected by a duct that runs through the first friction bearing segment.
US11525470B2	Closure device with an adjusting device for automatically rotating a connection element of a closure part into a closed position The invention relates to a closure device (V) comprising at least one first and second closure part (1, 2). In particular, a first connection element (12) of the first closure part (1) has at least one guide portion (121), and a second connection element (22) of the second closure part (2) has at least one closure portion (221), wherein—the guide portion (121) has a guide surface (1210) which is inclined relative to the connection axis (A), with which the closure portion (221) comes into contact when the second closure part (2) is placed on the first closure part (1), and which forces the second connection element (22) to rotate about the connection axis (A) relative to the first connection element (12) along a first rotational direction (D1) when the two closure parts (1, 2) further approach each other under the effect of at least two magnet elements (M1, M2; M3, M4) of the closure device (V), —the closure device (V) has an adjusting device (M3, M4; 24) by means of which a force is applied to the second connection element (22), which has now assumed an intermediate position, in a second rotational direction (D2) opposite the first rotational direction (D1) such that the second connection element (22) is automatically rotated out of the intermediate position into a closed position relative to the first connection element (12) along the second rotational direction (D2), and —in the closed position (a), the closure portion (221) at least partly engages behind the guide portion (121) in order to hold the connection elements (12, 22), and thus the closure parts (1, 2), against each other, and (b) the second connection element (22) can be rotated in the first rotational direction (D1) in order to release the two closure parts (1, 2) from each other in order to open the closure device (V).
US11525468B1	Blowout preventer closing circuit The disclosure provides a blowout preventer system including: a hydraulic circuit, a blowout preventer including a ram having an open port and a close port, a hydraulic fluid tank, a hydraulic fluid pump, and a control valve. The hydraulic circuit includes: a first accumulator, a first valve, and a second valve. The control valve is coupled to the open port, the close port, and the hydraulic fluid tank. The first accumulator is coupled to the control valve by way of the first valve and to the close port by way of the second valve. The first valve allows hydraulic fluid to flow from the control valve to the first accumulator but prevents hydraulic fluid from flowing back to the control valve. When the control valve is in the open position, the second valve is closed, and when the control valve is in the close position, the second valve is open.
US11525462B2	Ceiling fan A ceiling fan assembly having a motor assembly with a rotating blade hub, and at least one fan blade mounted to the rotating blade hub with a blade span defined between a tip and a root, and defining an airfoil cross section including a rounded leading edge and a v-shaped trailing edge defining a chord therebetween. The blade comprising a pressure side surface and a suction side surface extending between the leading and trailing edges and including a hollow interior and including a tip opening at the tip and a root opening at the root for accessing the hollow interior. The at least one fan blade includes a thickness to chord ratio of less than about 15%.
US11525461B2	Clip fan for plant tent A clip-on fan includes a specialized clamping clip that is attached to rectangular or cylindrical tent poles that are commonly used for grow tents; wherein fans are essential components for growing in tents and the current designs clip-on fans do not meet the needs of indoor growers; the clip-on fan comprising a fan assemblage and clip clasp assemblage arranged at the base of the complete product, wherein the clip is able to grasp to the vertical tubular structure of a grow tent; the grasping clasp assembly consisting of: a left clip plate, a right clip plate, a clip plate rotation shaft, a clip spring, a fan connection hole and, a clip clamp opening; the left and right clip plates are connected in a bilateral symmetry through the clip plate rotation shaft at the central connection position.
US11525453B2	Bearing arrangement for a drive shaft of a turbo-machine, and a turbo-machine including such a bearing arrangement The bearing arrangement includes a one-piece gas bearing sleeve (32) configured to rotatably support the drive shaft (4) and made in molybdenum or in a molybdenum alloy, the one-piece gas bearing sleeve (32) including a radial bearing surface (33) configured to Surround the drive shaft (4).
US11525450B2	Fan motor The present invention provides a fan motor which includes a housing, a stator disposed inside the housing, a rotor disposed inside the stator, a blade coupled to the rotor and a printed circuit board disposed under the blade, wherein the housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing, wherein a board coupling portion to which the printed circuit board is coupled is disposed concavely formed at a lower outer surface of the lower housing, and the first mounting portion of the printed circuit board is coupled to the board coupling portion, wherein the board coupling portion includes a component hole and the component hole is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the blade and an inner circumferential surface thereof. Therefore, an advantageous effect that a component having a large height may be mounted within a limited design height.
US11525448B2	Density gas separation appartus for electric submersible pumps A system includes an electric submersible pump (ESP) configured for pumping fluid through a flow path. An autonomous inflow control device (AICD) is included in fluid communication with the flow path to separate one of gas or liquid out of the flow path. A method includes producing liquid from a wellbore using an electric submersible pump (ESP) in the wellbore. The method includes bypassing gas from a headspace the wellbore using an autonomous inflow control device (AICD) to prevent gas locking the ESP.
US11525441B2	Airway pressure device with micro-pump system Discloses is a micro-pump that includes a pump body having a compartmentalized pump chamber, with plural inlet and outlet ports and a plurality of membranes disposed in the pump chamber to provide compartments. The membranes are anchored between opposing walls of the pump body and carry electrodes disposed on opposing surfaces of the membranes and walls of the pump body. Also discloses are applications of the micro-pump including as a heat remover and a self-contained continuous positive airway pressure breathing device.
US11525437B2	Energy storage system with elevator lift system An energy storage and delivery system includes an elevator operable to move blocks from a lower elevation to a higher elevation to store energy and from a higher elevation to a lower elevation to generate electricity. A winch assembly is movably coupled to a cable that is coupled to the elevator. The winch assembly has planetary gear assemblies, brakes that selectively engage at least a portion of the planetary gear assemblies, and a spool coupled to the cable. A drive shaft extends between a motor-generator and the winch assembly. A brake is operable so that the spool rotates to reel-in the cable to raise the elevator to move a block from a lower elevation to a higher elevation to store energy or so that the spool rotates to reel-out the cable to lower the elevator to move a block from a higher elevation to a lower elevation to generate electricity.
US11525429B1	Systems and methods for harnessing hydro-kinetic energy Systems and methods for harnessing hydro-kinetic energy. The system includes a single central axle, a plurality of vanes, and a generator. The plurality of vanes may be configured to rotate about the central axle. Each vane may include a frame and a panel rotatably attached the frame. The panel may comprise a plurality of channels having a C-shaped cross-section. Movement of surrounding water may cause the panel to rotate relative to the frame between an open and closed position. The generator may be configured to convert the rotational motion of the plurality of vanes into electrical energy.
US11525426B2	Air cleaner An air cleaner includes a case having an internal space, a filter element capable of partitioning the internal space into a first space and a second space, an intake port that introduces an air into the first space therethrough, an exhaust port that discharges an air from the second space, and at least one baffle part projecting toward the filter element from an inner surface of the case. The baffle part diffuses the air introduced into the first space and introduces the air to the filter element. The baffle part includes a widened baffle part. The widened baffle part includes a guide section extending along an extending surface of the filter element and a widened section larger in width than the guide section.
US11525424B1	Charge-air cooler and method to reduce water induction in engine An engine system includes an intake manifold and a charge-air cooler disposed upstream of the intake manifold. The charge-air cooler includes a housing defining an enclosure having a water reservoir, a heat exchanger disposed within the enclosure, and a valve disposed within the enclosure. The valve has a flap that is movable between an open position in which airflow is permitted across the water reservoir and a closed position is which airflow across the water reservoir is inhibited.
US11525420B2	Combustion chamber structure, particularly for a rocket engine A combustion chamber structure for a rocket engine includes a hot gas wall (12) that surrounds a combustion chamber (40) and has a plurality of first coolant channels (50) and a plurality of second coolant channels (52). The plurality of first (50) and second (52) coolant channels extend from a first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) to a second longitudinal end (18) of the hot gas wall (12) opposite to the first longitudinal end (16). The combustion chamber structure (10) further comprises a first manifold (20) forming a first coolant chamber (30) and a second manifold (22) forming a second coolant chamber (32) being fluidly separated from the first coolant chamber (30). The first (20) and second (22) manifolds are provided at the first longitudinal end (16) of the hot gas wall (12) and extend in a circumferential direction of the hot gas wall (12). The first coolant chamber (30) is fluidly connected to each of the plurality of first coolant channels (50) and the second coolant chamber (32) is fluidly connected to each of the plurality of second coolant channels (52).
US11525413B2	Gas engine heat pump and method of operating the same A gas engine heat pump and a method of operating the same are provided. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gas engine heat pump includes: an engine for burning a mixture of air and fuel; an exhaust gas compressor for compressing exhaust gases coming from the engine; a buffer tank for storing the exhaust gases compressed by the exhaust gas compressor; an exhaust gas valve disposed between the buffer tank and an intake manifold of the engine; an exhaust gas spray nozzle for spraying the exhaust gases stored in the buffer tank into a cylinder of the engine; an exhaust gas sensor for acquiring information on the exhaust gases coming from the engine; and a controller, wherein the controller controls the operation of at least one of the exhaust gas valve and the exhaust gas spray nozzle, based on the information on the exhaust gases acquired by the exhaust gas sensor. Other various embodiments are possible.
US11525406B2	Turbine engine gearbox A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section, a compressor section, and a turbine section including a fan drive turbine that drives the fan through a gear reduction. The gear reduction includes at least two double helical gears in meshed engagement, each of the at least two double helical gears having a first plurality of gear teeth separated from a second plurality of gear teeth such that a first end of the first plurality of gear teeth and a first end of the second plurality of gear teeth are spaced apart by an axial distance. Each of the first plurality of gear teeth is offset a first circumferential offset distance in relation to the next gear tooth of the second plurality of gear teeth when moving in a circumferential direction relative to respective axes.
US11525405B2	Turbine apparatus Disclosed is a turbine apparatus. The turbine apparatus includes s stator, a rotor rotatably installed in the stator, and a sealing mechanism provided to prevent a working fluid from leaking between the stator and the rotor. The sealing mechanism is configured such that when the rotor is stopped, the sealing mechanism is brought into contact with the rotor, and when the rotor is rotated, the sealing mechanism is formed to be spaced from the rotor by a predetermined gap.
US11525394B2	Turbine shaft, turbocharger, and manufacturing method of turbocharger A turbine shaft used for a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor includes a turbine impeller, and a rotor shaft joined on one end side to the turbine impeller. The rotor shaft includes a fitting region configured to fit with a compressor impeller of the compressor by inserting the other end side of the rotor shaft into a through hole formed in the compressor impeller, a fastening region formed between the fitting region and the other end side of the rotor shaft, and configured to allow fastening by a fastening part, and a tapered part having a maximum outer diameter at a position closest to the turbine impeller in the fitting region and formed such that an outer diameter of the rotor shaft decreases from the position closest to the turbine impeller toward a tip side of the compressor impeller.
US11525390B2	Control device for an exhaust gas-conducting section of an exhaust turbocharger An exhaust gas-conducting section of an exhaust turbocharger comprises a duct with a through-flow opening which can be fully or at least partially blocked or released by a closure element of a control device. The closure element is designed as a poppet valve. The closure element can be moved by an actuator can be disposed in a wall of the exhaust gas-conducting section. The closure element has a closure body with an annular section surface on its bottom surface which faces the through-flow opening. The section surface corresponds to an element seat formed in the wall. Its top surface faces away from the bottom surface and is designed in a profiled manner in order to produce a top surface at least partially corresponding to another element seat and/or to achieve flow-optimized circulation.
US11525384B2	High temperature resistant low friction washer and assembly A bolted joint for coupling two components that undergo thermal expansion and contraction includes a bolt having a head and a stem, the bolt configured to provide a clamping force between the two components. A first washer having a thermal resistant, low friction coating is configured to be disposed between one of the two components and the bolt head to enable the one component to slide relative to the bolt during the thermal expansion and contraction, while maintaining the clamping force, to facilitate preventing bending or shearing of the bolt.
US11525381B2	Apparatus for recovering exhaust heat using a dual tube The present invention relates to an apparatus installed in a vehicle for recovering exhaust heat. The apparatus includes: a housing having therein a heat exchanger and having a front through hole through which exhaust gas is introduced and a rear through hole through which the introduced exhaust gas is discharged; a first tube installed in the housing and having a dual tube structure; and a second tube connected to the first tube and having a dual tube structure. A coolant introduced through the second tube passes through the first tube and exchanges heat with the exhaust gas in the heat exchanger in the housing. The coolant, which has exchanged heat, is discharged to an engine through the first tube and the second tube.
US11525373B2	Removable support interface for an annular turbomachine casing The disclosure provides a removable support interface for an annular turbomachine casing, the removable interface having a coupling part configured for being mounted on the casing, and at least one attachment element for suspending the casing, orifices arranged in the coupling part the interface having means for locking the coupling part to the casing.
US11525364B2	Transition piece, combustor provided with same, and gas turbine provided with combustor A plurality of cooling passages extending in an axial direction are formed in a transition piece so as to be aligned in a circumferential direction and the axial direction. One or more downstream side passages are formed in a downstream side region (Rd) within one circumferential region. One or more upstream side passages are formed in an upstream side region Ru within the circumferential region. The total cross-sectional area per unit circumferential length of the one or more downstream side passages is larger than the total cross-sectional area per unit circumferential length of the one or more upstream side passages.
US11525347B2	Method and system for downhole steam generation using laser energy An apparatus may include an inlet and an enclosure includes a container that is coupled to the inlet. The container may receive water from the inlet. The apparatus may further include various check valves coupled to the container. The apparatus may further include a laser head coupled to the container. The laser head may receive a laser signal that converts the water inside the container into steam. The check valves may release the steam outside the enclosure.
US11525345B2	Method and system for modeling hydrocarbon recovery workflow A method for modeling hydrocarbon recovery workflow is disclosed. The method involves obtaining, by a computer processor, stimulation data and reservoir data regarding a region of interest, wherein the stimulation data describe a water flooding process performed in the reservoir region of interest by one or more enhanced-recovery wells. The method may include determining, by the computer processor, a multi-phase Darcy model for the reservoir region of interest using the reservoir data and the stimulation data. The multi-phase Darcy model determines a fluid phase flow rate using a pressure gradient, an absolute permeability value, and a relative permeability value. The method may include determining, by the computer processor, a plurality of relative permeability values for the reservoir region of interest based on a plurality of fluid-fluid interface correlations and an interpolating parameter.
US11525339B2	Extended entry port shunting system A technique facilitates a gravel packing operation in a well. The system may utilize a Y-manifold having a manifold body through which or along which a gravel slurry may be flowed. A plurality of exit end shunt connectors extends from the manifold body to enable connection with corresponding exit end shunt tubes at a position separated from the manifold body. Additionally, a plurality of entrance end shunt connectors extends from the manifold body in a direction generally opposite the exit end shunt connectors. The extended entrance end shunt connectors enable connection with corresponding entrance end shunt tubes at a position separated from the manifold body.
US11525334B2	Method of optimizing operation one or more tubing strings in a hydrocarbon well, apparatus and system for same A method, system and apparatus of optimizing operation of one or more tubing strings in a hydrocarbon well are provided. Each tubing string is located in a hydrocarbon well and has a plurality of valves. Each valve is actuatable between a fully open position and a fully closed position and is in communication with a respective zone of a formation defining a reservoir containing hydrocarbon material. The method includes characterizing an injectivity of one or more zones of the formation and determining an optimal operating schedule in accordance with the characterization. The optimal operating schedule comprises one or more valve configurations and an operating duration for each of the one or more valve configurations.
US11525332B2	Fracturing wing valves, assemblies, and methods A hydraulic fracturing tree wing is formed with a studded hydraulic valve next to a manual valve. The stud-to-flange connection allows for a shorter, lighter wing. The studded hydraulic valve may be a gate valve that includes a T-slot coupling between an operating stem and the gate. A bonnet seal ridge may be formed to withstand undue deformation during operation that wears or destroys seals. A method for forming a hydraulic fracturing tree assembly includes using a flanged manual valve with a studded hydraulic valve. Other valves and methods are presented.
US11525331B1	System and method for establishing a bypass flow path within a wellbore liner A system for establishing a bypass flow path includes a plug assembly having bypass ports extending from the exterior to the interior; a wiper dart to engage and seal the first flow path and bypass flow path, and initiate release of the plug assembly from a first position, the plug assembly having a dart nose attached to the dart body; once the plug has moved to a second position, pressure applied through the bypass ports communicates to the dart nose to cause detachment of the dart nose from the dart body; a first flow path extends through the central bore of the plug assembly when the wiper dart is not present; and a second flow path extends through the bypass ports on the plug assembly below the dart body to the detachable dart nose, once detached, the bypass flow path is established thru the bore below the dart body.
US11525326B2	Downhole fishing tool An oil or gas well downhole fishing tool has a receptacle that is open at one end. The tool also has deployment tool engaging means, located on the opposite end of the receptacle to the one end. The tool further has a layer of an alloy provided on the interior surface of the receptacle. The alloy is a eutectic alloy and/or bismuth alloy. The tool further comprises heating means to heat the alloy so that it melts and can flow over any object received within the receptacle.
US11525321B2	Controlling release of torsional energy from a drill string Apparatus and methods for controlling release of torsional energy from a drill string having a lower portion that is stuck against a subterranean formation and a top end rotated by a top drive. The method may include decreasing a rotational speed set-point of the top drive, decreasing a torque set-point of the top drive, and/or decreasing flow rate of drilling mud being pumped downhole via the drill string, thereby decreasing torque output by a mud motor rotating a drill bit. The method may further include lifting the drill string to free the drill string. Decreasing the torque set-point of the top drive may comprise decreasing the torque set-point of the top drive to a minimum torque level that the top drive can output. Decreasing the rotational speed set-point of the top drive may comprise decreasing the rotational speed set-point of the top drive to zero.
US11525320B2	Casing-protective horizontal directional drilling coaxial coring device for geological investigation A casing-protective horizontal directional drilling coaxial coring device for geological investigation includes a casing pipe, a coring tube and a conversion adapter. Both the casing pipe and the coring tube are tubular, and the coring tube is coaxially set within the casing pipe. The conversion adapter, having a cylindrical structure fitted with the casing pipe, is coaxially set at a back end portion of the casing pipe and is slidably connected with an inner wall of the casing pipe. A screw motor is located between the conversion adapter and the coring tube, two ends of the screw motor are fixedly connected with the conversion adapter and the coring tube, respectively. Under an action of an external force, the screw motor drives the coring tube to move along an axial direction of the casing pipe till the coring tube extends out of or retracts into the casing pipe.
US11525308B2	Drilling device A drilling device includes a drill basic body and a conveying helix which runs helically around the drill basic body. The conveying helix is subdivided into a plurality of conveying helix segments that are disposed next to one another. The conveying helix segments may be disposed loosely next to one another.
US11525297B2	Integrated window regulator and method of making the same A window regulator including a panel and a guide rail. The panel may define a speaker aperture that may be configured to receive at least a portion of the speaker. The guide rail may be integrally formed to the panel and configured to carry a slider. The slider may be configured to move along the guide rail to move the window between a first position and a second position. The guide rail may include an aperture-region portion that may extend across the speaker aperture in a first direction. The aperture-region portion may include a first sidewall and a second sidewall that may each extend in a second direction that may be substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
US11525282B2	Electronic seal with quality control implementable with mobile phone An insertion pin includes a pin member on which a circuit board, an inspection antenna, and an inspection chip are mounted. The circuit board includes a main circuit, a main chip, and an inspection circuit set in an open-circuit condition with respect to the inspection antenna and the inspection chip. A lock base includes a main antenna matching the main chip. When the lock base and the pin member are combined and locked together, the main chip is electrically connected with the main antenna to emit a first signal for monitoring with an identification device, and the inspection circuit is electrically connectable with the inspection chip and the inspection antenna to emit a second signal to allow a mobile phone to carry out quality control to determine if the first signal is in normal operation. Cutting off the insertion pin terminates both the first and second signals.
US11525274B2	System for visual light communication and related methods A system used to monitor and control a pool using a visual light communication system is disclosed.
US11525270B2	Automated drywall planning system and method An automated drywalling system network that including one or more automated drywalling systems that each has a robotic arm. The automated drywalling system network can also include a computational planner that generates instructions for the one or more automated drywalling systems to perform two or more drywalling tasks associated with a target wall assembly. The two or more drywalling tasks can include a hanging task that includes hanging pieces of drywall on studs of the target wall assembly; a mudding task that includes applying joint compound to pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly; a sanding task that includes sanding joint compound applied to the pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly; and a painting task that includes painting sanded the joint compound applied to the pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly.
US11525259B2	Hinging drywall apparatus and method Described herein is a drywall apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a finishing drywall liner, a framing drywall liner, a first gypsum-containing segment between the finishing drywall liner and the framing drywall liner, and a second gypsum-containing segment between the finishing drywall liner and the framing drywall liner. The first segment and the second segment are connected by a hinge formed from the finishing drywall liner and the framing drywall liner to allow an angle between the first segment and the second segment to vary.
US11525258B2	Masonry block anchor system A system and method of masonry construction using masonry blocks and anchors, wherein the blocks are laid end to end, and an anchor is inserted between them. The anchor both spaces and secures the blocks, even before mortar is applied. The anchors contain legs recess between the walls of the masonry construction, and create a space for the walls to recess in to on the anchor, thereby providing multi-directional securement of the system. Embodiments of the system also contain grooves for additional securement and complemental engagement of the anchors.
US11525246B2	Liquid desiccant vapor separation system A system for extracting water from the atmosphere is disclosed. The system has a vapor absorber vessel, an absorption cycle pump, a flash drum vapor desorber, a vapor condenser, an output conduit, and a heat exchanger. The vessel has an atmospheric air inlet and outlet ports, at least one liquid desiccant inlet port, at least two liquid desiccant outlet ports, and a surface on which the liquid desiccant flows between the at least one liquid desiccant inlet port and the at least two liquid desiccant outlet ports. The pump is adapted to circulate a first portion of the liquid desiccant from a first of the outlet ports to the at least one inlet port. The desorber is adapted to receive a second portion of the liquid desiccant from a second of the outlet ports, after passage through an expansion valve, the desorber incorporates a heat exchanger for supplying heat to liquid desiccant therein. The condenser receives desorbed vapor from the desorber, the condenser incorporates condensation surfaces adapted to be cooled to a temperature of less than 20° C., for enabling the condensing of the desorbed vapor to water. The output conduit collects water condensed in the condenser. The heat exchanger is located such that it receives desorbed heated liquid desiccant from the desorber and transfers part of its sensible heat to vapor-charged liquid desiccant passing from the vessel to the desorber.
US11525245B2	Automatic rainwater collection system An automatic rainwater collection system, with a high degree of autonomy and sensitivity, which allows the collection and use of rainwater, in open spaces, areas of difficult access and/or lacking of water extraction systems, as well as in domestic spaces such as gardens or roofs, without additional adaptations for its use and which works with solar energy. The automatic rainwater collection system is conformed by: a flower-shaped obturable rainwater receiving element, which comprises: a plurality of internal petals and a plurality of external petals that can be opened or closed in an automated manner, a sensor with high sensitivity to droplet impacts and/or relative humidity, which is operatively connected to a motor to control the opening and closing of the plurality of petals of the rainwater receiving element; a support frame, which functions as a support for the obturable rainwater receiving element and as a water storage media; a modular system for filtering water, connected to said central media of water accumulation, which comprises a plurality of filtering modules, which provide different filtering options depending on the quantity and combination thereof in order to obtain different qualities of water for use in several activities; and a water storage media, which further functions as base and support of the collection system.
US11525235B2	Composite manhole cover with embedded detection A composite manhole cover includes a body made of a polymer that has a mass of magnetic material embedded there within. The mass of magnetic material is detectable by a metal detector and, therefore, the composite manhole is locatable by the metal detector when the composite manhole cover is obscured by a material such as pavement, dirt, sand, grass/sod, etc.
US11525229B2	Crane vessel A jack-up crane vessel or semi-submersible crane vessel is provided including a hull with a deck, and a crane on the hull for hoisting a load outside the deck. The crane includes a slewing crane base with a first suspension, an elongated boom that is rotatable around a horizontal rotation axis with respect to the first suspension, at least two pendants between the boom and the first suspension that mutually converge toward the distal boom section, a boom spacer between the boom and the first suspension, and a boom luffing installation for driving the rotation of the boom around the horizontal rotation axis between a lowered transport position and a raised operational position. In the direction of the vertical rotation axis the first suspension extends at least in the lowered transport position of the boom above the boom heel of the boom.
US11525219B2	Hygienic tissue paper A hygienic tissue paper includes first slits that are disposed in a longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals, the first slits extending in a width direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, wherein the first slits each include perforations, and wherein a cut length of each of the perforations increases from at least one end in the width direction toward a central portion in the width direction.
US11525212B2	High resolution headline sonar cable A production method for a headline sonar cable characterized by steps of: a. providing a first strength member (14); b. coupling to strength member (14) a conductor (122); c. forming a layer of polymeric material about the combination of strength member (14) and conductor (122) while ensuring that the conductor remains slack; d. forming a flow shield around the layer of polymeric material, thus forming an elongatable internally located conductive structure; and e. braiding a strength-member jacket layer (52) of polymeric material around the elongatable internally located conductive structure while ensuring that the conductor is slack when surrounded by the jacket layer (52). For another embodiment, an optical fibre is wrapped around the exterior of the layer of polymeric material within which is enclosed a braided conductor formed about the first strength member (14). Other embodiments employ further thermo-plastic layers and further sheaths and further conductors.
US11525210B2	Impregnated cloth A knitted spacer fabric has a tightly knitted bottom layer, a more loosely knitted upper layer and linking fibres extending across the space between the lower and upper faces. Settable material, e.g. cement, is introduced into the space between the upper and lower faces and can be caused to set by the addition of a liquid, e.g. water. Until set, the fabric is flexible and can be shaped but after the material in space has set, the fabric is rigid and can be used as a structural element in a wide range of situations. The bottom layer has an extension that extends beyond the upper face and is connected to the upper face by elastic connecting fibres that draw the extension towards the other face, thereby at least partly closing the space at the edge of the cloth and preventing the settable material from spilling out. In addition, the packing of the settable material and maximum space between the faces are such that only a predetermined amount of liquid can be accommodated within the space and that amount is matched to the water required to set the cement.
US11525202B2	AI-based laundry course recommending apparatus and method of controlling the same Disclosed is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based self-control air conditioner. The AI-based self-control air conditioner includes a communication unit configured to receive an image including member data for identifying the member from an image acquisition apparatus corresponding to a group including at least one member, and a processor configured to recognize the member data from the received image, to acquire operation data including an operation condition of an air conditioner, which is desired by the member, based on the recognized data, to store member information including the member data and the operation data in a database, and to acquire and analyze the operation condition of the air conditioner, which is desired by the member, with respect to at least one member from a plurality of pieces of member information corresponding to the group stored in the database, wherein the air conditioner is autonomously driven according to control of the processor. Accordingly, the air conditioner learns members itself and controls an operation in an optimum state to reduce power consumption and is driven according to an operation condition set for each member to enhance personal convenience of the member.
US11525199B2	Accessory for sewing machine and methods of using the same An exemplary embroidery accessory for a sewing machine includes a spool, a support, and a mechanism for rotating the support. The spool receives a length of embroidery material and dispenses the material as it rotates about a first axis of rotation. The support is rotatably attached to both the attachment portion and to the spool. The support includes a sewing guide with an opening for a needle of the sewing machine and a dispensing guide near the spool for guiding the embroidery material from the spool to the sewing guide. The mechanism rotates the support about a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation.
US11525196B2	Woven structured fabric with crossing twill lines A woven fabric is used in a machine to produce a fiber web. The woven fabric has a machine direction, a cross machine direction, a paper side and a machine side. The paper side is formed by interwoven warp yarns and weft yarns. The paper side contains a plurality of twill lines, each twill line being formed by a plurality of neighboring flotations of warp yarns. The twill lines contain an MD vector component directed in the machine direction and a CD vector component directed in the cross machine direction. At least some twill lines are diagonal twill lines meaning that the CD vector component is unequal to zero. The plurality of diagonal twill lines contains first diagonal twill lines and second diagonal twill lines, the CD vector components of the first diagonal twill lines have an opposite sign to the CD vector components of the second diagonal twill lines.
US11525189B2	Method of manufacturing MoS2 having 1T crystal structure Provided is a method of manufacturing MoS2 having a 1T crystal structure. The method includes performing phase transition from a 2H crystal structure of MoS2 to the 1T crystal structure by reacting MoS2 having the 2H crystal structure with CO gas. The phase transition includes annealing the MoS2 having the 2H crystal structure in an atmosphere including CO gas.
US11525163B2	Papanicolaou test for ovarian and endometrial cancers The recently developed liquid-based Papanicolaou (Pap) smear allows not only cytologic evaluation but also collection of DNA for detection of HPV, the causative agent of cervical cancer. We tested these samples to detect somatic mutations present in rare tumor cells that might accumulate in the cervix once shed from endometrial and ovarian cancers. A panel of commonly mutated genes in endometrial and ovarian cancers was assembled and used to identify mutations in all 46 endometrial or cervical cancer tissue samples. We were able also able to identify the same mutations in the DNA from liquid Pap smears in 100% of endometrial cancers (24 of 24) and in 41% of ovarian cancers (9 of 22). We developed a sequence-based method to query mutations in 12 genes in a single liquid Pap smear without prior knowledge of the tumor's genotype.
US11525159B2	Methods for detection of donor-derived cell-free DNA The present disclosure provides methods for determining the status of an allograft within a transplant recipient from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the transplant recipient and from the donor. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
US11525156B2	Multiplex Q-PCR arrays This invention provides methods and systems for measuring the concentration of multiple nucleic acid sequences in a sample. The nucleic acid sequences in the sample are simultaneously amplified, for example, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the presence of an array of nucleic acid probes. The amount of amplicon corresponding to the multiple nucleic acid sequences can be measured in real-time during or after each cycle using a real-time microarray. The measured amount of amplicon produced can be used to determine the original amount of the nucleic acid sequences in the sample. Also provided herein are biosensor arrays, systems and methods for affinity based assays that are able to simultaneously obtain high quality measurements of the binding characteristics of multiple analytes, and that are able to determine the amounts of those analytes in solution. The invention also provides a fully integrated bioarray for detecting real-time characteristics of affinity based assays.
US11525155B2	Stabilisation of biological samples The present invention provides methods and composition suitable for stabilizing cell-containing samples such as blood samples. The stabilizers used are primary or secondary carboxylic acid amides.
US11525150B2	Methods for producing polyunsaturated fatty acid and lipid containing polyunsaturated fatty acid A method for producing a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) or a lipid containing a PUFA, a microbial cell containing a PUFA, and use of the microbial cell are provided. A method for producing a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) or a lipid containing a PUFA including culture of a microorganism capable of producing arachidonic acid (ARA) and/or dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) is provided, the method including at least one of the following steps: (a) adding an organic acid in an amount of 0.01 to 5 w/v % to a culture medium after the beginning of main culture; (b) increasing the pH of the culture medium to a range effective for culture after the beginning of the main culture; and (c) adding a metal sulfate in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 w/w % to the main culture medium.
US11525147B2	System for producing organic substance and method for producing organic substance A system for producing an organic substance, including: a synthesis gas generation furnace for producing a synthesis gas by partially oxidizing a waste including a carbon source; a synthesis gas purification unit connected to the synthesis gas generation furnace and purifying the synthesis gas generated in the synthesis gas generation furnace to reduce an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas; and an organic substance synthesis unit which is connected to the synthesis gas purification unit and generates an organic substance from the synthesis gas purified in the synthesis gas purification unit, wherein the synthesis gas purification unit includes a detection unit for measuring an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas.
US11525144B2	Insecticidal proteins from plants and methods for their use Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11525135B2	TLR3 ligands that activate both epithelial and myeloid cells The invention relates to a composition comprising a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) having two complementary strands, comprising at least one block of poly A and the complementary block of poly U, each strand having a length of between 50 and 200 bases, preferably between 55 and 200 bases, and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier or excipient, for use in a method of treating a cancer expressing a TLR3 receptor.
US11525134B2	Devices, systems and methods for ultra-low volume liquid biopsy Provided herein are devices, systems, kits and methods for obtaining genetic information from cell-free fetal nucleic acids in ultra-low amounts of biological samples. Due to the convenience of obtaining ultra-low amounts of samples, devices, systems, kits and methods can be at least partially employed at a point of need.
US11525133B2	Chimeric proteins This invention relates to modular proteins that interact with one or more target molecules. The chimeric proteins comprise two or more repeat domains, such as tetratricopeptide repeat domains; inter-repeat loops linking the repeat domains; and one or more peptide ligands. Each peptide ligand is located in an inter-repeat loop or at the N or C terminus of the chimeric protein. The peptide ligands may include heterologous peptidyl binding motifs, such as short linear motifs (SLiMs). Chimeric proteins with various configurations and methods for their production and use are provided.
US11525130B2	Process and system for obtaining botulinum neurotoxin Rapid, animal protein free, chromatographic processes and systems for obtaining high potency, high yield botulinum neurotoxin for research, therapeutic and cosmetic use.
US11525128B2	GH9 endoglucanase variants and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to endoglucanase variants and methods for obtaining endoglucanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US11525126B2	Modified helicases The invention relates to modified helicases with reduced unbinding from polynucleotides. The helicases can be used to control the movement of polynucleotides and are particularly useful for sequencing polynucleotides.
US11525121B2	Mutant glucose oxidase and use thereof By using a mutant glucose oxidase comprising an amino acid sequence in which a residue corresponding to isoleucine at position 489 or arginine at position 335 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 is substituted with an amino acid residue having a reactive functional group in a side chain, and binding an electron acceptor to the mutant glucose oxidase through the amino acid residue having a reactive functional group, an electron acceptor-modified glucose oxidase is obtained.
US11525116B2	Date palm medium compositions and methods Disclosed are date palm compositions and methods of use of such compositions. Such compositions may be used as part of a growth medium for culture of microorganisms. In certain embodiments, date palm extracts of the disclosure are used as part a culture medium to grow Lactobacilli.
US11525115B2	Process for the isolation and analysis of microorganisms contained in a sample A process is provided for isolating and analyzing microorganisms contained in a sample by collecting a determined volume in a sample, the determined volume representing all or part of this sample, likely to contain at least one microorganism. The collected volume is then split up into a plurality of compartments having a culture medium, the volume of each compartment being smaller than 10 μL, each compartment being isolated from the other compartments and having no interface with the ambient atmosphere. At least one microorganism is incubated in the compartments for determined durations, and compartments are detected that contain at least one microorganism. The incubation may be extended after detecting compartments so that at least one microorganism having a defined quantity can be detected, and then the content of the detected compartments can be recovered. Finally, at least one functional parameter relative to a microorganism in the compartments is determined.
US11525108B2	Beverage maker A beverage maker may include a fermenter having an opening, a fermentation lid configured to cover the opening of the fermenter, a gas discharge channel configured to communicate with an inside of the fermenter, a gas discharge valve connected to the gas discharge channel, and a gas discharge end fitting through which a gas passing through the gas discharge valve passes and which is provided with a mesh.
US11525107B2	Process for the purification of alcohol-containing solvents A process for processing an alcohol-containing solvent is described. The process according to the invention is used in particular for the treatment of alcohol-containing solvents which are used, for example, for cleaning metal parts. Further subject matter of the present invention are compositions which are suitable for the aforementioned intended use, as well as the use of certain compositions for the purification of alcohol-containing solvents.
US11525106B2	Tetraacetyldiamine and triacetyldiamine derivatives useful as bleach activators This disclosure relates generally to bleach activator compositions. This disclosure relates more particularly to tetraacetyldiamine and/or triacetyldiamine derivatives and compositions thereof and to their use as bleach activators, and methods for using them as detergents or biocides.
US11525095B2	Process for molecular separation of hydrocarbons using nanopore membranes The present invention relates to the process for molecular separation of hydrocarbons using nanopore membrane comprising passing the hydrocarbon feedstock with or without separation enhancing additive/additives to produce permeate streams having different refractive indices which resonate with that of naphtha, kerosene and heavier molecules.
US11525094B2	Methods of deoxygenating bio-based material and production of bio-based terephtalic acid and olefinic monomers The present invention relates to a method of deoxygenating tall oil pitch, yielding aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. The invention even comprises turning the aliphates into polymerizable olefins by steam cracking, and turning the aromates into polymerizable terephthalic acid by oxygenation and, as necessary, rearrangement. The monomers can be used for the production of polymers of partially or completely biologic origin. According to the invention, tall oil pitch is first heated to turn it into liquid, which is then fed into a catalyst bed and catalytically deoxygenated with hydrogen. The deoxygenation catalyst is preferably a Ni—Mo catalyst and, in addition, a cracking catalyst can be used, such as an acidic zeolite catalyst. The deoxygenated product stream is cooled down so as to obtain a liquid, which is distilled for separation of the aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons for use in the production of the respective monomers and finally polymers.
US11525092B2	Process for extracting crude oil from substrates A process allows the extraction of heavy hydrocarbon compounds from solid substrates in an economical and efficient fashion. Materials containing heavy hydrocarbons (i.e. oil sands or roofing shingles) are broken up into an auger and then mixed with light hydrocarbons. Subsequently, the resulting slurry is shaken to separate fluids from solids, and the fluids are subjected to one or more filtering processes to remove waste sediment. These filtering processes may include a series of one or more of centrifuges and nozzle purifier machines. Filtered fluids are distilled to separate heavy hydrocarbons from light hydrocarbons. Simultaneously, the solids are heated to remove the remaining light hydrocarbons as vapors. Light hydrocarbons are cooled in a condenser and coalesced in a holding tank, wherefrom they may be recirculated into the process and used repeatedly. The now-isolated heavy hydrocarbons resulting from the distillation process may be removed as a purified product.
US11525091B2	Supercritical CO2 solvated process to convert coal to carbon fibers A method of forming high molecular weight (“HMW”) coal tar can include combining supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) and an amount of coal tar, and fractionating the amount of coal tar to form the HMW coal tar. The method can further include forming the amount of coal tar from coal. Forming the amount of coal tar from coal can include extracting the coal tar from an amount of coal using sCO2.
US11525090B2	Process for depolymerizing plastic material for the production of hydrocarbons, and a plant therefor A process for the depolymerization of waste plastic material and a reactor suitable for the depolymerization of waste plastic materials in said process.
US11525088B1	Composition capable of fire prevention, explosion prevention and heat insulation and manufacturing method thereof A composition capable of fire prevention, explosion prevention and heat insulation and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The composition comprises the materials of 10˜12 parts of weight of kaolin; 1˜2 parts of weight of glass fiber; 7˜10 parts of weight of quartz sand; 7˜10 parts of weight of organic silica gel; 3˜5 parts of weight of inorganic silica gel; 1˜2 parts of weight of dimethyl tert-butylperoxyhexane; 3˜5 parts of weight of platinum; 20˜40 parts of weight of aluminum hydroxide; 1˜5 parts of weight of magnesium hydroxide; 1˜2 parts of weight of marble powder; 3˜5 parts of weight of carbon powder; 2˜4 parts of weight of glue; 1˜2 parts of weight of zinc stearate solvent; 1˜2 parts of weight of leveling agent; 1˜2 parts of weight of ethylene silicone oil; 0.05˜0.1 parts of weight of azobisisobutyronitrile foaming agent; and 0.05˜0.1 parts of weight of polyether-modified polysiloxane antifoaming agent.
US11525087B2	Dielectric devices and methods of fabrication Self-aligned liquid crystal materials and structures are disclosed. The structures can exhibit piezoelectric and flexoelectric properties.
US11525084B2	II-II-VI alloy quantum dot, preparation method therefor and application thereof The disclosure provides a II-II-VI alloy quantum dot, a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method includes: step S1: reacting a precursor containing a second Group II element and a precursor containing a first Group VI element to form a II-VI semiconductor nanocluster; step S2: mixing the II-VI semiconductor nanocluster with a precursor containing a first Group II element, and performing cation exchange and in-situ growth to obtain a first system containing the II-II-VI alloy quantum dot.
US11525081B2	Methods of inhibiting corrosion in acid stimulation operations A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.
US11525073B2	Multilayer circuit board manufacturing method There is a method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring board including: alternately stacking wiring layers and insulating layers; stacking a reinforcing sheet on one surface of the resulting multilayer laminate with a soluble adhesive layer therebetween, wherein an unoccupied region without the soluble adhesive layer is provided within a facing area where the reinforcing sheet faces the multilayer laminate; allowing a liquid capable of dissolving the soluble adhesive layer to infiltrate the unoccupied region to dissolve or soften the soluble adhesive layer; and releasing the reinforcing sheet from the multilayer laminate at the soluble adhesive layer. This method enables the multilayer wiring layer to be reinforced to generate no large local warpage, thereby improving the reliable connection and the surface flatness (coplanarity) of the multilayer wiring layer. The used reinforcing sheet can be released in a significantly short time, while minimizing the stress applied to the multilayer laminate.
US11525070B2	(Per)fluoropolyether polymers and use thereof The present invention relates to novel (per)fluoropolyether (PFPE) polymers, to a process for their manufacture and to their use as additives in coating compositions.
US11525059B2	Intumescent coating compositions effective at low temperatures An intumescent composition capable of withstanding temperature cycling as low as −60° C. without cracking is contemplated. The composition also exhibits enhanced durability due to its resistance to water absorption, its acceptable cure times, and (when exposed to fire conditions) its well-adhered, foamed char layer.
US11525057B2	Method for manufacturing room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition, room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition, and article Through the present invention, by undergoing a step in which a straight-chain diorganopolysiloxane having silanol groups at both terminal ends of the molecular chain thereof, a hydrolyzable silane and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof having a hydrolyzable group capable of detaching a lactic acid ester, and an amino-group-containing hydrolyzable organosilane and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof are pre-mixed/reacted in advance and silanol groups at both terminal ends of the molecular chain of a main agent (base polymer) are blocked by specific hydrolyzable silyl groups, it is possible to manufacture a lactic-acid-ester-type room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition excellent in all characteristics including curability, adhesive properties, workability, and the like that were not attainable by the conventional lactic-acid-ester-type room-temperature curable (RTV) silicone rubber composition.
US11525056B2	Aromatic polycarbonate resin composition and optical molded article Provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition, including, with respect to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A), 0.01 part by mass to 0.1 part by mass of an alicyclic epoxy compound (B), 0.2 part by mass to 0.6 part by mass of a polyether compound (C) having a polyoxyalkylene structure, and 0.005 part by mass to 1 part by mass of a phosphorus-based compound (D), wherein a difference between a YI value of a 5-millimeter thick molded body, which is obtained by molding the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition at 320° C., after a lapse of 3,000 hours under an environment at 85° C. and a humidity of 85%, and an initial YI value thereof is 3.0 or less.
US11525047B2	Recycling of superabsorbent polymer with an extensional flow device Poly(acrylic acid)-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) in a feed stream is converted into poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) in an extensional flow device. The total energy used to degrade the SAP into PAA is less than about 50 MJ/kg SAP.
US11525045B2	Chemically modified polyesters and process for making Chemically modified polyesters, foamable compositions thereof that form low density foams, and methods of making the foamable compositions and foams are disclosed. The compositions comprise an amorphous copolyester, or amorphous co-polyesterpolycarbonate or amorphous co-polyesterpolyether or combination thereof. Additionally, uses for the low density foams are disclosed.
US11525038B2	Crosslinked polymide, polymide film and method for preparing thereof, organic light emitting diode device A crosslinked polyimide, a polyimide film and a method for preparing thereof, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device. 4,40-diamino-400-N-carbazolyltriphenylamine and 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride and a p-xylylenediamine crosslinker are introduced in the present invention. The introduction of a diamine monomer with a large volume of pendant groups increases an asymmetry of the polyimide, destroys a close structure of the polymer, and reduces crystallization properties of the polypolymer, thereby effectively increasing its transmissibility. At the same time, a cross-linked agent, p-xylylenediamine, is introduced, and the cross-linked agent widens a molecular chain spacing, so that the polyimide molecule has a larger free volume. At the same time, the formation of cross-linked is beneficial to reduce a polarizability of the molecule, thereby reducing a dielectric constant of the material. An OLED device with a novel low dielectric constant and high transmittance is prepared in this way.
US11525037B2	Tetracarboxylic dianhydride, polyimide precursor resin and solution thereof, and polyimide and solution thereof A tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following general formula (1): [in the formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom and the like, and n represents an integer of 0 to 12], wherein a ratio of a summed amount of a specific stereoisomer (A) and a specific stereoisomer (B) is 50% by mole or more relative to a total amount of stereoisomers based on three-dimensional configurations of two norbornane rings in the general formula (1), and a content ratio of the stereoisomer (A) is 30% by mole or more relative to the total amount of the stereoisomers.
US11525036B2	Chemical compositions with antimicrobial functionality Techniques regarding killing of a pathogen with one or more ionene compositions having antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise contacting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe with a chemical compound. The chemical compound can comprise an ionene unit. Also, the ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. The ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality. The method can further comprise electrostatically disrupting a membrane of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe in response to the contacting.
US11525034B2	Sulfonated poly(arylene ether) membranes with high monovalent salt rejection even in the presence of mixed salt feeds that contain multivalent salts Described herein are water desalination membranes and methods of desalinating water. Sulfonated poly(arylene ether) polymers are also disclosed, including those comprising one or more sulfonate groups at various points along the polymer chain. The polymers may be used as at least a portion of a water desalination membrane. The polymers described herein are useful for preventing transport of aqueous ionic species (e.g., Na+ and Cl−) across a membrane made from the polymers while allowing water to pass. Chlorine-stable polymers are described, as well as polymers exhibiting good performance for rejecting monovalent cations in the presence of polyvalent cations.
US11525031B2	Fluorinated ether compound, fluorinated ether composition, coating liquid, article and its production method A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m—Rf2—[C(O)N(R1)]p-Q1-C(R2)[-Q2-SiR3nL3-n]2, wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, Rf2 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, p is 0 or 1, Q1 is a single bond or an alkylene group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like, Q2 is an alkylene group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, L is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2 is provided. A fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it are also provided.
US11525029B2	Foam compositions Foam compositions are provided. The compositions are prepared from multi-functional acetoacetate esters and multi-functional amines or acrylates. The foam compositions can include one or more additives. The foam compositions can be used for home and commercial insulation, air sealing, sound proofing, structural improvement, and exterior roofing, among other applications. The foam compositions provide advantages of being isocyanate free and offer reduced exposure to isocyanate.
US11525025B2	Block copolymers and uses thereof A styrenic block copolymer having one or more polymer blocks A and one or more polymer blocks B is disclosed, where “A” is a poly(vinylaromatic) block having a molecular weight of greater than 5 kg/mol. The “B” block has a molecular weight of more than 15 kg/mol, and comprises polymerized 1,3-diene units and vinylaromatic units, wherein the polymerized vinylaromatic units represent 5-40 wt. % of the overall weight of the block “B”. The polymerized 1,3-diene units comprise more than 80 wt. % of polymerized isoprene units in which 45-80 mol % are 1,4-isoprene addition units. The blocks “A” and “B” represent from >5 to <40 wt. %, and >33 to <95 wt. %, respectively, relative to the overall weight of the block copolymer. The polymers have physical properties that make them valuable, e.g., as vibration damping materials.
US11525013B2	Disintegrated and decompacted cellulose-based vegetable fibre materials use and method for acquisition and production The invention relates to separated, decompacted, cellulose-based fibres acquired from a vegetable raw material, wherein the separated, decompacted, cellulose-based fibres have an aspect ratio after soaking in water of longitudinal diameter to transverse diameter of 1:1 to 1000:1 and a water-binding capacity of >200 wt. % and a water retention capacity of >50%, and a method for acquiring and producing these separated, decompacted cellulose-based fibres. The purification method involves incubation of the vegetable material with an aqueous decomposition solution containing at least one dissolved amino acid and/or peptide with 2-50 amino acids to decompose the compacted cellulose-based fibres.
US11525011B2	Methods of inhibiting MASP-2-dependent complement activation in a subject suffering from catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome In one aspect, the invention provides methods of inhibiting the effects of MASP-2-dependent complement activation in a living subject suffering from, or at risk for developing a thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). The methods comprise the step of administering, to a subject in need thereof, an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-2-dependent complement activation. In some embodiments, the MASP-2 inhibitory agent inhibits cellular injury associated with MASP-2-mediated alternative complement pathway activation, while leaving the classical (C1q-dependent) pathway component of the immune system intact.
US11525010B2	Antibodies specific for GUCY2c and uses thereof The present invention provides novel antibodies that specifically bind to GUCY2c and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer. The present invention further provides novel bispecific antibodies comprising such antibodies and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer.
US11525009B2	Bispecific antibody and antibody conjugate for tumor therapy and use thereof Provided in the present invention is a bispecific antibody which comprises an anti-MUC1 VHH antibody fragment and an anti-CD16 VHH antibody fragment. The antibody fragment used in the present invention is a variable region sequence derived from a heavy chain camelid antibody and has a high binding affinity to the antigen. Antibody fragments recognizing MUC1 and CD16 are constructed in the same antibody molecule by the invention, so that the antibody molecule can specifically bind to MUC1 and CD16 molecules to promote the killing effect of NK cells on MUC1-positive expression cells and has an inhibiting effect on the growth of MUC1-positive tumors. Also provided is a conjugate of the bispecific antibodies, a related pharmaceutical composition and use.
US11525008B2	Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of lung cancer The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of lung cancer. The inventors showed that FHIT (also known as bis(5-adenosyl)-triphosphatase) regulates HER2 activity in lung tumor cells and that HER2 inhibitors reduce invasion induced by FHIT inhibition. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating lung cancer in a patient in need thereof comprising the steps of i) determining the expression level of FHIT in a tumor tissue sample obtained from the patient, ii) comparing the expression level determined at step i) with a predetermined reference value and iii) administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of at least one HER2 inhibitor when the expression level determined at step i) is lower than the predetermined reference level.
US11525007B2	Antibody fab and Fc variants The present invention relates to modified antibodies. In particular, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies having altered ability to induce direct cell death and effector function. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the antibodies of the invention, and to methods of using these antibodies in treatment of disease.
US11524999B2	Fully humanized anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies that treat heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Provided herein are isolated antibodies or antibody fragments thereof that immunospecifically bind to platelet factor 4 (PF4). In some embodiments the isolated antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof comprise a light chain CDR and framework region comprising SEQ ID NO: 4 and a heavy chain CDR and framework region comprising SEQ ID NO: 10. Also provided herein are methods for treating heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and methods for reducing the likelihood that subject will become afflicted with HIT. Further disclosed are uses of the isolated antibodies or antibody fragments in the treatment of HIT or the manufacture of compositions for the treatment of HIT.
US11524998B2	Anti-betacellulin antibodies, fragments thereof, and multi-specific binding molecules The present disclosure provides anti-BTC antibodies, methods of producing said antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies, and methods of using said antibodies. The present disclosure also provides multi-specific binding molecules, e.g., bispecific antibodies, comprising a BTC binding moiety and an anti-VEGF binding moiety.
US11524988B2	Artificial antigen presenting cells for genetic engineering of immune cells Disclosed herein are methods of producing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells using substrates, such as artificial antigen presenting cells, containing on a surface a a heparin binding domain (HBD), anti-CD3 single chain antibodies, anti-CD28 single chain antibodies (scFv), and optionally anti-41BBL antibodies. Anti-CD3 and Anti-CD28 scFvs bind and activate expanding T cells ex vivo, while the Heparin Binding Domain binds the viral vector, thereby bringing the T cells into close proximity with virus for effective gene transfer. This is a less costly, renewable, modifiable, and efficacious alternative to coated beads and RetroNectin® for gene transfer.
US11524986B2	Peptide-based inhibitors of growth hormone action and methods of use thereof Compositions and methods for the inhibiting human growth hormone (hGH), and treating or preventing hGH-mediated disorders, using a S1H peptide having the amino acid sequence of [SEQ ID NO: 1], or a variant thereof, are described.
US11524984B2	Engineered spider silk proteins and uses thereof A recombinant spider silk protein, consisting of no more than 800 amino acids, comprising a set of domains arranged according to the formula (NT)-REP-CT, wherein: the optional NT-domain, if present, comprises a sequence of 100 to 160 amino-acid residues derived from the N-terminal domain of a spider silk protein; the REP-domain comprises a sequence of 30 to 600 amino acid residues derived from the repetitive segment of a spider silk protein; and the CT-domain comprises a sequence of 70 to 120 amino acid residues derived from the C-terminal domain of a spider silk protein selected from: a sequence of 72 to 110 amino acid residues derived from the C-terminal domain of a spider silk protein, wherein the sequence comprises at least 7 residues independently selected from K, R, E and D; a sequence having at least 85% identity to SEQ ID NO: 15 or any one of SEQ ID NOs: 62-65 or 67-73; and a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NOs: 64 or any one of SEQ ID NOs: 62-65 or 67-73, wherein the sequence comprises at least 7 residues independently selected from K, R, E and D.
US11524979B2	Macrocyclic polypeptides Disclosed herein are macrocyclic polypeptides having no more than 3 ammo acid substitutions compared to the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO: 1-2.37 or a mirror image thereof, wherein the polypeptide includes both L and D amino acids, libraries of such polypeptides, and uses thereof.
US11524972B2	Nitrogen-containing cyclic compound and color-changing film comprising same Nitrogen-containing cyclic compounds for color conversion film, and a color conversion film, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the compound(s).
US11524970B2	Nitrogen-containing compound, electronic element, and electronic device Provided are a nitrogen-containing compound, an electronic element, and an electronic device, and relates to the technical field of organic materials. The nitrogen-containing compound is shown as formula I, and can reduce the working voltage of an electronic element, improve the efficiency of an OLED, and prolong the service life of an OLED.
US11524968B2	Heterocyclic compound as a protein kinase inhibitor The present invention provides a novel compound having a protein kinase inhibition activity, a stereoisomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound, the stereoisomer thereof or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof according to the present invention show a protein kinase inhibition activity, thus being effective in preventing or treating diseases related to protein kinase, such as cancer, autoimmune disease, neurological disease, metabolic disease, infection or the like.
US11524961B2	JAK kinase inhibitor and preparation method and use thereof Provided is a selective JAK kinase selective inhibitor and a preparation method and the use thereof. In particular, provided is a compound having the structure as shown in chemical formula (I) as a JAK kinase inhibitor or a stereoisomer or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a hydrate or a solvate thereof.
US11524958B2	Tricyclic compound as CRTH2 inhibitor Provided are a tricyclic compound as shown in formula (I) as a CRTH2 inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a tautomer, a stereoisomer or a solvate thereof, and the use thereof in treating diseases related to CRTH2 receptors.
US11524946B2	Polymerase inhibitors and related compositions and methods The present disclosure includes compositions and methods for improved DNA amplification reactions. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for hot-start PCR applications using DNA polymerase inhibitors that minimize non-specific DNA amplification by inactivating DNA polymerase at lower temperatures.
US11524942B2	Metabolites of [3-(4-{2-butyl-1-[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4 yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethyl-amine The present invention relates to metabolites of [3-(4-{2-butyl-1-[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4-yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethyl-amine. These metabolites may act as RAGE antagonists. These metabolites may also be useful in assays to measure the presence or amount of one or more metabolites of the parent compound in a sample.
US11524939B2	Solid forms of {[5-(3-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino} acetic acid Provided herein are solid forms of {[5-(3-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino}acetic acid (Vadadustat, Code: AKB-6548, Compound 1), compositions comprising such solid forms, and methods of making and using thereof.
US11524938B2	Aromatic sulfonamide derivatives Substituted aromatic sulfonamides of formula (I) pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease.
US11524937B2	Indirubin derivatives, and uses thereof Indirubin is the major active anti-tumor component of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine used for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Indirubin derivatives (IRDs) potently reduce the viabilities of various cancer cells and affect kinase activities. IRDs disclosed herein provide new therapeutics for cancer and conditions regulated by the kinase activities.
US11524931B2	Process for drying N,N-dimethyl glycinate salte The application relates to a process for drying a composition comprising an alkali metal salt of a compound of general formula (I) R1R2N—CHR3—COOM or formula (II) R1R2N—CHR3CHR3—COOM, in particular N,N-dimethyl glycinate salt, and the use thereof. In the process, the composition, in particular the N,N-di methyl glycinate salt, is dried by feeding the composition into a fluidized bed dryer and subjecting the composition to a heat treatment by contacting the composition in the fluidized bed dryer with a drying gas stream, and during the heat treatment a solution or dispersion of the composition is sprayed onto at least a portion of the composition present in the fluidized bed dryer, or alternatively or in addition the composition, in particular N,N-dimethyl glycinate salt, is fed into a fluidized bed dryer and subjected to heat treatment in the fluidized bed dryer by contacting the composition with a drying gas stream, and the temperature of the composition in the fluidized bed during the heat treatment does not exceed 50° C.
US11524930B2	Substituted aromatic compounds and related method for the treatment of fibrosis The present invention relates to compounds of: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(O)—(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R1 is H, F or OH; R2 is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(O)—(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R3 is H, F, OH or CH2Ph; R4 is H, F or OH; Q is 1) (CH2)mC(O)OH wherein m is 1 or 2, 2) CH(CH3)C(O)OH, 3) C(CH3)2C(O)OH, 4) CH(F)—C(O)OH, 5) CF2—C(O)OH, or 6) C(O)—C(O)OH; and compositions comprising the same and the method using the same for the prevention or treatment of various fibrotic diseases and conditions in subjects, including pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, skin fibrosis, renal fibrosis, pancreas fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, cardiac fibrosis or macular degeneration.
US11524921B2	Composite materials containing hemp and nanocellulose Disclosed is a new composite material comprising nanocellulose and hemp or a hemp-derived component, such as pure hemp, hemp bast fibers, hemp inner fibers, hemp shives, hemp leaves, hemp seeds, or ground hemp. The nanocellulose may be hydrophobic or hydrophilic, and may include cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils, cellulose microfibrils, or a combination thereof. This invention provides construction blocks or panels; engineered parts; fire-resistant objects; coatings; containers; textile compositions; and fabric materials, for example. The composite material may also include one or more additives to modify mechanical, thermal, chemical, and/or electrical properties. The addition of nanocellulose can improve the mechanical properties of hemp-containing concrete mixtures to improve compressive strength for construction purposes.
US11524915B2	System used in design applications A system for use in glass production technology such as for production of glass packaging, glassware, glass home equipments, wherein the system allows all kinds of design additions such as color, pattern, texture, decor, seal and form changing processes to be applied to the product without requiring re-firing of the product, after removal of the product from the moulds in the production lines while the product is still hot and the temperature is kept constant.
US11524911B2	Magnetization purifying device for air and water A magnetization purifying device is provided. At least one or more accommodation spaces formed inside a housing unit along a preset depth or a width status are formed for accommodating a preset amount of magnetization purifying devices having corresponding status, a covering unit having an outwardly-extended engaging segment is provided and capable of being rotated for being matched with an opening formed at one end of the housing unit, another end of the housing unit capable of accommodating the magnetization purifying devices is formed with a recessed engaging segment, so that the magnetization purifying device can perform a predetermined rapid circulating magnetic force line cutting operation to introduced water or air, thereby enabling the water or air fully magnetized and discharged to be provided with anticipated pure oxygen and negative ions, thus the dissolved oxygen in water in a predetermined route, for example an aquaculture pond, can be increased.
US11524909B2	Accurate biocide dosing for low concentration membrane biofouling control applications Biocide can be controllably added to a feed stream for a membrane. In some examples, the feed stream is separated into a primary feed stream and a secondary feed stream, for example, with the secondary feed stream having a lower flow rate than the primary feed stream. The secondary feed stream may be used to monitor and control the addition of the biocide, which is then diluted when the secondary feed stream is combined with the primary feed stream to form a combined stream for delivery to the membrane.
US11524907B2	Granular filter media One aspect of the present invention is directed to a granular filter media for removing contaminants from water or other liquids. The media comprise granular materials comprising aggregate and remediation materials. Other aspects of the invention are directed to methods of making and using the granular filter media of the invention.
US11524901B2	Method for efficiently separating magnesium and lithium from salt lake brine and simultaneously preparing high-purity magnesium oxide and battery-grade lithium carbonate This invention provides a method for efficiently separating magnesium and lithium from salt lake brine, and simultaneously preparing high-purity magnesium oxide and battery-grade lithium carbonate. The detailed processing steps are as follows: (1) adding urea into the brine to dissolve, (2) placing the solution into the reactor for hydrothermal reaction, the magnesium ion will precipitate and enter the solid phase; (3) filtering and drying the production to get the magnesium carbonate solid, while the lithium ion remains in the liquid phase; (4) after directly concentration and precipitation, the battery-grade lithium carbonate can be obtained, while the calcination of solid-phase product results in the high-purity magnesium oxide. In this method, urea is used as the precipitant to separate magnesium and lithium in salt lake without introducing any new metal ion, and the brine solution is not diluted. The solid product is white and fluffy powder, which is easy to filter and separate. The extraction rate of lithium is high than 94%, and the purity of MgO obtained by calcination is higher than 99.5%.
US11524895B2	Method for producing borohydride salts The present invention relates to a method for producing tetrahydridoborate salts with high efficiency at low cost. The method for the production of metal borohydride salts according to the present invention comprises the steps of providing an anhydrous metal borate salt and milling the anhydrous metal borate salt in the presence of a metal material based on magnesium or magnesium alloys in a hydrogen atmosphere at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce the metal borohydride salt. In another embodiment of the invention, the method for the production of metal borohydride salts according to the present invention comprises the steps of providing an hydrated metal borate salt and milling the hydrated metal borate salt in the presence of a metal material based on magnesium or magnesium alloys in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce the metal borohydride salts. In a still further embodiment of the invention, the metal material based on magnesium or magnesium alloys is a secondary magnesium material, preferably a Class 2, Class 3, or Class 6 secondary magnesium material.
US11524893B2	Method for manufacturing micromechanical structures in a device wafer The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing recessed micromechanical structures in a MEMS device wafer. First vertical trenches in the device wafer define the horizontal dimensions of both level and recessed structures. The horizontal face of the device wafer and the vertical sidewalls of the first vertical trenches are then covered with a self-supporting etching mask which is made of a self-supporting mask material, which is sufficiently rigid to remain standing vertically in the location where it was deposited even as the sidewall upon which it was deposited is etched away. Recess trenches are then etched under the protection of the self-supporting mask. The method allows a spike-preventing aggressive etch to be used for forming the recess trenches, without harming the sidewalls in the first vertical trenches.
US11524886B2	Ingredients cartridge for a beverage mixture dispensing system A cartridge and an associated beverage mixture dispensing system are disclosed. The cartridge is detachable from the associated beverage mixture dispensing system. The cartridge includes a casing and at least twenty ingredient reservoirs located within the casing and storing at least twenty respective ingredients. The cartridge also includes a dispensing interface for dispensing the at least twenty ingredients into the beverage mixture dispensing system. The at least twenty ingredient reservoirs include a first reservoir of a concentrated salt and a second reservoir of a concentrated food grade acid. The remaining ingredient reservoirs include additional concentrated ingredients. The beverage mixture dispensing system includes a solvent reservoir and a receiving interface for receiving the at least twenty ingredients from the cartridge. The beverage mixture dispensing system also includes a mixing area fluidly connected to the solvent reservoir and the at least twenty ingredient reservoirs.
US11524885B2	Valve closure with concentric spring-loaded moving valve members, the internal valve member having axial protrusions A valve closure for dispensing liquid by means of a pressurised gas has an inner sleeve (12) which includes a socket (16) and an annular inner valve seat (18). The inner sleeve carries a ring seal (14) which is urged against an outer valve seat (9) by an outer spring (15). A valve member (21) has an annular sealing face (23) co-operable with the inner valve seat (18) and a spring (24) urges the valve member (21) against the inner valve seat (18). The valve member (21) incorporates a plurality of projections (26) spaced radially from the annular sealing face (23). The valve closure can be used with a dispensing coupler having a tubular probe with a circumferential ring seal and a locking recess to engage the locking fingers of a detachable closing element.
US11524884B2	Beverage distribution system with ergonomic retention of drinking recipients, and process of operation thereof A beverage distribution system for preparation of espresso coffee and similar aromatic beverages, including a drinking recipient (1, 1′), for example of glass, cup, or similar type, a beverage discharge disposition (2) operatively associated with a beverage preparation device (3), whereby the beverage discharge disposition (2) is provided so that the beverage discharge flow impinges, along a direction opposite to the gravity force and with a given flow pressure, and a flow regulation mechanism (13) on the drinking recipient (1, 1′), whereby the drinking recipient (1, 1′) presents a recipient retention mechanism (17) provided so that the drinking recipients (1, 1′) can only be placed on the recipient placement support (22) in one or two previously defined angular extensions with relation to the beverage discharge disposition (2).
US11524883B2	Unitary dispensing nozzle for co-injection of two or more liquids and method of using same A unitary dispensing nozzle for co-injecting two or more liquids of different viscosity, solubility and/or miscibility at high filling speed to improve homogeneous mixing of such liquids, while said nozzle is an integral piece free of any movable parts and substantially free of dead space.
US11524878B2	First-order dynamic sliding mode variable structure-based bridge crane anti-swing method A bridge crane anti-swing method based on first-order dynamic sliding mode variable structure includes steps of: constructing a two-dimensional bridge crane system model and a crane system control model, respectively; performing differentiation on two sliding mode surfaces containing swing angle dynamic change and rope length dynamic change to obtain a crane position dynamic sliding surface s1 and a rope length dynamic sliding mode surface s2, respectively; combining a displacement x, a length l and a swing angle θ in the two-dimensional bridge crane system model with the crane position dynamic sliding surface s1 and rope length dynamic sliding mod surface s2 in the crane system control model to obtain a relationship among a horizontal traction force f1, an along-rope traction force f2, the displacement x, the length l and the swing angle θ.
US11524870B2	Method for operating a lift system and lift system designed for carrying out the method A method of operating an elevator system, for example operated by linear motors, wherein the elevator system includes a shaft system including at least one vertical elevator shaft, and a multiplicity of elevator cars which respectively have a plurality of functional components for carrying out different functions. The method provides that in a special operating mode of the elevator system, a first elevator car is assigned at least one auxiliary device, the auxiliary device providing a replacement function for at least one function of one of the functional components of the first elevator car, the corresponding function of a functional component of the first elevator car being replaced with the replacement function provided by the auxiliary device, and the elevator system continuing to be operated by using the replacement function provided. The invention furthermore relates to an elevator system configured for carrying out such a method.
US11524868B2	Method and apparatus for effectively utilizing cab space A method and a system for efficiently managing space inside an elevator cab is described. The system comprises a camera system, an image processing unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The system processes the image captured by the camera system comprising images of the occupants including passengers and objects inside the elevator. The captured image is transferred to the image processing unit. The image processing unit processes the image for further evaluation by the processing unit. The processing unit provides possible rearrangement of the passengers and the objects (occupants) to be rendered by the display unit.
US11524867B2	Determination of non-normal elevator calling request in an automatic elevator calling request system An automatic elevator call system includes: a wireless signal apparatus installed in an elevator landing zone of an elevator system and broadcasting a corresponding wireless signal around; a counting unit configured to count, after an elevator call request corresponding to an identity of the personal mobile terminal is sent or received, the number of times the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is made within a predetermined time period; and an abnormal elevator call request judgment unit configured to judge, based on a comparison result between the number of times the elevator call request is made and a predetermined threshold, whether the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is a normal elevator call request operation. The present invention can effectively determine an intentional or unintentional abnormal elevator call request operation of a passenger.
US11524864B2	Method for understanding and planning elevator use An elevator management system includes an elevator system and a service provider controller. The elevator system is configured to control at least one elevator car and to transmit a status message indicating status data of the at least one elevator car. The service provider controller is configured to determine a current operating mode of the at least one elevator car based on the status message and to assign the at least one elevator car to a current status group among a plurality of different status groups based on the current operating mode.
US11524858B2	Heat-shrinkable polyester film roll The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film roll containing a paper tube and a heat-shrinkable polyester film wound around the paper tube to form the heat-shrinkable polyester film roll, wherein (1) the film winding length is 2000-20000 m, (2) the film width is 400-2500 mm, (3) the film thickness is 5-30 μm, (4) unevenness in thickness in the film widthwise direction in a film roll surface layer part is 12% or less, (5) the paper tube has an inner diameter of 3 inches, a difference in clearance of the paper tube in a widthwise direction after removal of the film from the film roll is 0.5 mm or less, and a flat compressive strength of the paper tube after removal of the film is 1700 N/100 mm or more, and (6) the average value of winding hardness in the widthwise direction in the film roll surface layer part is 500-850.
US11524857B2	Adhesive bonding of tray for image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a main body including an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium and a tray that rotates between an open state and a closed state relative to the main body, the tray on which the recording medium is placed. The tray includes a first component located exterior to the image forming apparatus in the closed state and a second component in contact with the recording medium on the tray in the open state. The first or second component includes at least one groove portion which extends in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and the other includes at least one convex portion extending in the conveyance direction. The first and second components are bonded by adhering, with an adhesive, the at least one groove portion and the at least one convex portion put inside the at least one groove portion.
US11524853B2	Device for separating printing paper sheets and printer A device for separating printing paper sheets comprises a base part and an obstruction element. The base part defines a printing paper accommodating cavity. A deforming mechanism is provided to make sure a middle part of the printing paper sheets can be arched and two edges can get close to the bottom of the printing paper accommodating cavity. The obstruction element is arranged with a middle access portion in cooperation with the deforming mechanism, and on two sides of the middle access portion is arranged with blocking portions through which only one printing paper sheet can pass at a time. The device for separating printing paper sheets makes more than one printing paper sheet that may be transmitted at a time during the transmission of the printing paper sheets. A printer achieves smooth transmission of printing paper sheets and alleviates problems such as downtime and failure of the printer.
US11524850B2	Treatment device and container treatment machine An apparatus for treating containers includes a transporter that moves containers along a transport direction, a displacer, and a treatment device with two treatment positions. The displacer has three arms that move transverse to the transport direction. The arms are driven independently such that two of the three arms contact bearing points on opposite sides of a container. These two arms move synchronously to displace the container between the transporter and one of the treatment positions.
US11524846B2	Pose determination by autonomous robots in a facility context A system and a method are disclosed where an autonomous robot captures an image of an object to be transported from a source to a destination. The robot generates a bounding box within the image surrounding the object. The robot applies a machine-learned model to the image with the bounding box, the machine-learned model configured to identify an object type of the object, and to identify features of the object based on the identified object type and the image. The robot determines which of the identified features of the object are visible to the autonomous robot, and determines a three-dimensional pose of the object based on the features determined to be visible to the autonomous robot.
US11524838B2	Method for discharging granular powder brought into fixed state inside hollow structure A rack rail is suspended into a silo from an opening formed in a ceiling portion of the silo and a lifting body is lowered into the silo along the rack rail from the opening. A work scaffold is built on the lifting body using a part carried into the silo from the opening, a worker connected to the work scaffold with a safety belt pokes and breaks down a granular powder in a state where a discharge port of a silo bottom portion is closed, the poked and broken down granular powder drops to a rat hole (or boring hole), the worker connected to the work scaffold with the safety belt adds a rack rail in a state where the rat hole is blocked with the granular powder, the discharge port is opened to discharge the granular powder stored in the passage, and then the work scaffold is lowered to the added rack rail.
US11524836B1	Container A container for a plurality of articles comprising a main body, a hollow member fixedly coupled to an end of the main body, a cup member rotatably coupled to the hollow member, and a cam arm received within the hollow member and the cup member. The hollow member and the cup member define a dispensing opening. The cup member comprises a base portion defining a grooved track facing the end of the main body. The cam arm is configured to engage a bottom article from the plurality of articles and comprises a protrusion movably engaged with the grooved track. The cam arm moves relative to the hollow member, due to a relative rotation between the hollow member and the cup member, to a dispensing position in which the bottom article at least partially extends through the dispensing opening and is removable from the container.
US11524835B2	Kit for building a shower enclosure with well-aligned plumb walls A kit can be used to construct a shower enclosure within a plurality of walls and above a floor. Each wall has a plurality of vertical studs. The kit comprises a prefabricated shower base having a drain hole, a plurality of attachment pieces, and a plurality of prefabricated shower wall panels. The prefabricated base is configured to be positioned on the floor so that its drain hole is positioned over the floor's drain outlet. Each attachment piece has a front planar portion and is configured to attach to a stud of a wall so that the front planar portions of the attachment pieces on the same wall frame are essentially co-planar and plumb regardless of whether the front-facing surfaces of the studs are co-planar, plumb, and straight. Each prefabricated wall panel has a backside configured to attach to the front planar portions of a plurality of the attachment sleeves.
US11524830B2	Microwave heating construct Various blanks are provided for forming sleeves, containers, and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping of a food item in a microwave oven, and for holding and/or transporting the food item after heating. The various blanks, sleeves, containers, and other constructs may include a removable portion defined by one or more lines of disruption that enable the removable portion to be separated from the remainder of the blank, sleeve, container, or other construct.
US11524829B2	Multi-point load tub support A blank for making a tub support that fits inside the top opening of a washing machine to prevent the wash tub from moving relative to the cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub support may comprise a rear folded portion having a plurality of rear tub contact points that contact the wash tub, and a sidewall configured to contact the top edge of the wash tub along a plurality of tub contact points and to contact the rim of the washing machine cabinet along a plurality of cabinet contact points.
US11524822B2	Device for dispensing a liquid in the form of drops The device makes it possible to dispense predetermined metered quantities of liquid. It includes a sealing member that can take up a liquid release position, allowing liquid to flow out of the device, and a non-return position preventing liquid from flowing back into the device. The sealing member is provided with metering means for metering out the liquid to be dispensed.
US11524819B2	Leak-proof press-fit sealed container An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tray having a base connected to a plurality of sidewalls each of which extends away from the base and terminates at a rim, said tray defining a volume with an opening circumscribed by said rim, said rim comprising a press-fit sealing feature; a ring-shaped lid comprising a complimentary press-fit sealing feature configured to mate with said press-fit sealing feature; a product disposed in said volume wherein said product surface comprises at least one contour; and a flexible film, said flexible film spans said opening and adheres to the at least one contour of the product, and said flexible film is secured to said tray between said press-fit sealing feature of the rim and said complimentary press-fit sealing feature of the ring-shaped lid.
US11524817B2	Sealed packaging container A novel sealed packaging container, comprising a container cover (1) and an open container body (2), wherein an edge of the container cover and a mouth edge of the container body are correspondingly provided with a first inner matching groove (11) and second outer matching groove (21), and a first outer matching groove (12) and second outer matching groove (22) having a double-folded structure; and the container is further provided with an anti-unfastening structure. An outer groove wall of the second outer matching groove extends downward from an upper end portion and is provided with two indentations (2231) that are easy to tear. The packaging container has strong anti-deformation abilities, the anti-unfastening structure is relatively stable, and the sealing performance is good.
US11524813B2	Mounting plate for fixed, track, and swiveling casters A transport container, featuring a bottom plate with at least two holes for accommodating means of attachment for affixing fixed, track, or swiveling casters, a plate (1) affixed from the inside to the bottom plate for affixing fixed, track, or swiveling casters on the bottom plate of the transport container. The mounting plate (1) features a base plate (2) with a contact surface (1a), which faces the inside of the transport container in its assembled state, for placement onto the transport container. At least two means of insertion (3) are evenly distributed along the perimeter of the base plate (2), which protrude with an insertion area (7) from the contact surface (1a) of the base plate (2) and which each respectively feature an internal thread (5) and/or an external thread for affixing of the fixed, track, and swiveling casters in or on the insertion area (7), wherein the means of insertion (3) are disposed in the holes of the bottom plate.
US11524811B2	System and method for printing and applying labels to a random flow of objects A system for printing and applying labels to a flow of objects, including a labelling unit, an object transporting device, an object detection sensor, and a control unit, wherein the labelling unit comprises a label printing unit for printing labels to be applied to the objects, wherein the object transporting device is transporting individual objects in a random flow to the labelling unit in an object transporting direction, wherein the object detection sensor is arranged upstream the labelling unit and is detecting a position of the objects when they are transported past the object detection sensor towards the labelling unit, wherein two directly after each other transported objects arranged on the object transporting device are separated by a separation distance, wherein the separation distance is calculated by the control unit based on position detection by the object detection sensor of reference points between a preceding object and a directly subsequent object being transported on the object transporting device, wherein the label printing unit if the separation distance is equal to or less than a predetermined first trigger distance value is printing labels to be applied to the objects in a continuous printing mode, wherein the label printing unit if the separation distance is greater than the predetermined first trigger distance value, is printing labels to be applied to the objects in an intermittent printing mode.
US11524796B2	Positioning mechanism, UAV dock using same, and UAV replenishment method A positioning mechanism includes a base including a landing area and a guide member movably arranged at the landing area and configured to guide a moving object. The landing area includes a positioning portion. The guide member is configured to be in a non-operating state or an operating state relative to the base. A form of the guide member in the non-operating state is different from the form of the guide member in the operating state.
US11524795B2	Architecture and method for aircraft lighting system using a centrally located red, green, and blue (RGB) light source subsystem and a plurality of distributed passive light-heads Systems and methods for an aircraft lighting system (ALS) are provided. The method includes co-locating a central light source subsystem including a blue light generator, red light generator, and green light generator, and a light generating control unit (LGCU) comprising a processor, and distributing a plurality of passive light-heads around an external surface of the aircraft. Each passive light-head of the plurality of passive light-heads is operationally coupled to a first side of a respective light switch of a respective plurality of light switches, the light switch being coupled on a second side to a light emitting output of the central light source subsystem. Controlling and actuating the light generators and the light switches in accordance with a load profile is performed by a light generating control unit (LGCU).
US11524793B2	Kinetic energy taxi system and thermal energy recovery system An aircraft with the capability of taxiing with main engines off uses the energy stored in a mechanical flywheel to power a propulsor(s) providing taxiing thrust. The flywheel can store energy generated by the propulsor operating as a wind turbine and/or by a power turbine in fluid coupling with the exhaust of a gas turbine engine and/or an expansion turbine operating with bleed and/or APU air.
US11524788B2	Floor fixing assembly with clamping split pin A floor fixing assembly for releasable fixing of a leg of a frame to a vehicle floor comprises at least one retaining peg which can be fixed to the vehicle floor. The floor fixing assembly furthermore comprises a frame fixing element, which is configured to be connected to the leg of the frame and comprises at least one receiving space for receiving the retaining peg. A clamping device is configured to be introduced into the receiving space of the frame fixing element in order to connect the frame fixing element to the retaining peg by form fit.
US11524786B2	Deployable armrest with pawl and ratchet height adjustment mechanism The present disclosure provides a deployable and height adjustable armrest assembly for use with, for example, an aircraft pilot seat. The assembly includes an armrest positioned atop a rack comprising a plurality of detents each corresponding to a deployed armrest position. A lever carries a pawl that travels along one edge of the rack which locates in a selected one of the plurality of detents to lock the armrest in one of its deployed positions. The armrest is configured to be raised manually to deploy and adjust the armrest upward. The lever is configured to be actuated manually to disengage the pawl from its engagement in one of the detents to lower or return the armrest to its stowed positions. The armrest is particularly advantageous in close quarters such as a flight deck, or where a stowed armrest can be used to expand the width of the seat bottom.
US11524783B2	Method for disinfecting an aircraft cabin using a lighting assembly and a lighting assembly therefor A lighting assembly for an aircraft includes a visible light source generating visible light and an ultraviolet light source generating ultraviolet light. The visible light source is disposed adjacent to the ultraviolet light source. The visible light source illuminates a first illumination area with the visible light when the lighting assembly operates in a first operation mode. The ultraviolet light source illuminates a second illumination area with the ultraviolet light when the lighting assembly operates in a second mode of operation. The first illumination area substantially overlaps the second illumination area.
US11524782B1	Decking stop device A stop device for holding a unit load device in place on decking is described. In one example, the stop device includes a cylindrical socket having an outer surface, an inner surface, an open end, and a closed end. The stop device also includes a circular brim extending out from the outer surface, substantially perpendicular to the outer surface of the cylindrical socket, and a handle rod assembly that extends from the closed end of the cylindrical socket. The handle rod assembly can be used to lower the cylindrical socket into an aperture in the decking, such as aperture for a caster wheel in the decking. The handle rod assembly can also be used to rotate the stop device, aligning a circular segment cutout of the circular brim with an edge of the unit load device, to lock the stop device in place below the edge of the unit load device.
US11524781B1	Transmission line tethered drone system An unmanned aircraft system 100 built off of a purpose-built transmission infrastructure 300 with a power collector 400 riding along the infrastructure 300 connected to a tether 500 that is electrically connected to both the infrastructure 300 through the power collector 400 and also connected to an unmanned aircraft carrying associated electronics that are powered through the tether.
US11524780B2	Fan powered folding wing bicycle apparatus A fan powered folding wing bicycle apparatus for novelty and transportation includes a frame and a rear wheel coupled between a pair of lower horizontal tubes. A stem is pivotably coupled within a head tube. A handle bar is coupled to the stem. A pair of forks is coupled to the stem and a front wheel is coupled to the pair of forks. A pair of engine straps is coupled between a pair of top horizontal tubes. A duct is coupled to the pair of engine straps and a turbine is coupled within the duct. A seat is coupled to the duct. A battery is in operational communication with the turbine. A pair of wings is pivotably coupled to the pair of top horizontal tubes.
US11524776B2	Rotor control mechanism A compact and unobtrusive rotor control mechanism is presented that provides collective and cyclic pitch change to both rotors of a coaxial rotor system as well as a differential collective pitch change to one or both rotors simultaneously.
US11524769B1	Wireless cabin control panels A wireless aircraft cabin control panel is disclosed. In embodiments, the wireless aircraft cabin control panel includes a user interface device disposed on a first surface of a bulkhead of an aircraft cabin. In embodiments, the user interface includes a display device, a user input device, wireless communication circuitry, and a controller. The controller may be configured to: generate control signals configured to cause the wireless communication circuitry to transmit wireless control signals to wireless communication circuitry of a control unit disposed on a second surface of the bulkhead; receive power via wireless charging signals received from the wireless communication circuitry of the control unit; distribute power from the wireless charging signals to the display device; extract data signals encoded within the wireless charging signals; and cause the display device to display at least one of an indicator or an image in response to the extracted data signals.
US11524756B2	Ocean bottom node deployment A system for ocean bottom node (OBN) deployment can include a first deployment device located on a marine vessel, a second deployment device located on the marine vessel, a first line coupled to the first deployment device and comprising a first plurality of OBNs, and a second line coupled to the second deployment device and comprising a second plurality of OBNs. The first deployment device and the second deployment device can be configured to deploy and retract the first line and the second line simultaneously.
US11524747B2	Bicycle transmission using variable speed motor and planetary gear mechanism A bicycle transmission using a variable speed motor and a planetary gear mechanism includes: a first input rotary shaft (10) rotatably connected to a main power source (11); a second input rotary shaft (20) receiving a motor rotational power from a variable speed motor (21); a planetary gear mechanism (30) receiving first and second rotational power respectively from the first input rotary shaft (10) and the second input rotary shaft (20), wherein the planetary gear mechanism (30) includes a ring gear (33), a carrier (31), a plurality of planet gears (32), and a sun gear (34); an output shaft (40) receiving a third rotational power from the planetary gear mechanism (30); and a control unit (50) controlling the variable speed motor (21) and controlling a rotational direction and speed of the second input rotary shaft (20).
US11524744B2	Cycle suspension with rotation sensor A suspension assembly for a cycle includes a plurality of links pivotably connected to one another by a plurality of pivots. A rotation sensor measures an angular relationship between two links and a setpoint of the suspension assembly is adjusted based on the angular measurements.
US11524742B2	Portable electric vehicle with articulated wheels An electric vehicle includes a stem and a base with wheels. The base is at a first end of the stem, with symmetrical elements of the base opposed across a stem axis. Elements on each side include a wheel, a drive motor, a platform and pivot joints. The wheel has an axis of rotation. The drive motor is connected to the wheel. The platform is between the wheel and the stem. A first pivot joint connects the stem and the platform. A second pivot joint connects the platform and the wheel. In a first orientation, the platforms are substantially perpendicular to the stem and in a second orientation the platforms are substantially parallel to the stem. The wheel axes are substantially parallel to each other and are substantially perpendicular to the stem axis in the first orientation and the second orientation.
US11524730B2	Track assemblies for terrain going vehicles and method for repairing the tracks A track assembly for a terrain going vehicles having tires, the track assembly having at least two traction bars. The traction bars each having a body that is dimensioned to extend over the width of a tire and guide plates extending from the body so that they can be set to reach over the edge of the tire and to the sides of the tires and ears at each end of each traction bar, extending crosswise on relation to the length of the traction bar and on both sides of the body of the traction bar, the ears having each at least one hole. There is at least one link having a link body with a length and one connecting hole at each opposite end of the link body, and pins set to run through a pair of one hole of the link body and at least one hole of a ear of the traction bar in order to form a chain, wherein the pins are locked in relation to the holes of the ears so that rotation of the pins in the holes is prevented.
US11524726B2	Body structure for automobiles The rear frame includes an inclined part that is inclined inward in, a vehicle width direction in going rearward and a horizontal part that extends rearward from a rear end of the inclined part. A rear part of the side sill includes a first enlarged width portion that increases in width inwardly in the vehicle width direction via a bent portion. A front part of the rear frame inclined part includes a second enlarged width portion that increases in width outwardly in the vehicle width direction. A rear end of the first enlarged width portion and a front end of the second enlarged width portion are connected. An inner wall in the vehicle width direction of the first enlarged width portion and an inner wall in the vehicle width direction of the inclined part are linearly continuous in plan view.
US11524715B2	Steering device A steering device includes a turning shaft, a steering mechanism, a motor, and a control device. The control device includes a steering-range axial force calculating circuit, a limiting axial force calculating circuit, a final axial force calculating circuit, and an axial force adjusting circuit. The steering-range axial force calculating circuit calculates a steering-range axial force when a steering wheel is operated in a predetermined operation range. The limiting axial force calculating circuit calculates a limiting axial force. The final axial force calculating circuit calculates a final axial force. The axial force adjusting circuit adjusts a value of the steering-range axial force, the limiting axial force, or the final axial force based on the axial force that reflects the force acting on the turning shaft.
US11524712B1	Equipment transporter Various devices and techniques related to equipment transporters are generally described. In some examples, an equipment transporter may comprise a first set of wheels rotatable around an axis of rotation and a body coupled to and rotatably supported by the first set of wheels such that the body is rotatable around the axis of rotation of the first set of wheels. The body may comprise a platform having an upper surface and extending in a first direction. The platform may have a distal end and a proximal end. The body may comprise a tab member located at the distal end of the platform and extending upward from the upper surface. In some examples, the tab member may comprise a pulling face having a first width. In some examples, the body may further comprise a riser located at the proximal end of the platform and extending upward from the upper surface.
US11524706B2	Vehicle control system for a first and second automated driving mode An override conciliating portion executes processing to conciliate an override request during an execution of automated driving control (i.e., override conciliation processing). In the override conciliation processing, it is determined whether or not there is the override request (step S20). If the determination result of the step S20 is positive, it is determined whether or not a second automated driving mode is selected as an operation mode (step S21). If the determination result of the step S21 is negative, acceptance processing of the override request is executed (step S22). If the determination result of the step S21 is positive, invalidation processing of the override request is executed (step S23).
US11524699B2	Operation management device for automatic running vehicle and automatic running vehicle An operating situation obtaining unit obtains the operating situation information of a plurality of operating vehicles along a predetermined route. A delayed vehicle extraction unit extracts a delayed vehicle that is delayed in actual operation relative to the operation schedule from among the plurality of operating vehicles, based on the operating situation information of the respective operating vehicles. An overtaking instruction unit outputs an overtaking instruction to overtake the delayed vehicle to a following vehicle that immediately follows the delayed vehicle.
US11524698B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method Section information of a traveling route is provided appropriately to a driver. Traveling route information and traffic information relating to the traveling route are acquired, and on the basis of the information, a driver intervention requiring section and an automatic driving available section of the traveling route are displayed on a reach prediction time axis from a current point on an instrument panel, a tablet, or the like. For example, the driver intervention requiring section includes a manual driving section, a takeover section from automatic driving to manual driving, and a cautious traveling section from the automatic driving.
US11524696B2	Method for determining the values of parameters A method for determining the values of parameters for a controller of a vehicle, wherein respective error measures are calculated for different sets of values and a set of values is selected based on the error measures.
US11524691B2	System and method for controlling an interior environmental condition in a vehicle A system and method are described for controlling a vehicle interior environmental condition. A biometric sensor senses a biometric condition of a vehicle seat occupant and generates a sensed biometric condition value. A controller receives the sensed biometric condition value, a sensed interior environmental condition value, and a sensed exterior environmental condition value. Each of multiple exterior environmental condition values has an associated biometric condition value defined as optimal for the vehicle occupant. The controller determines the optimal biometric condition value associated with the sensed exterior environmental condition value, compares the optimal biometric condition value to the sensed biometric condition value, and in response to a difference between the optimal biometric condition value and the sensed biometric condition value, generates a control signal to control an actuator to control the controllable interior environmental condition to reduce the difference between sensed biometric condition value and the optimal biometric condition value.
US11524685B2	System and method for reducing driver awareness of engine stoppage by a vehicle Systems and methods for reducing driver awareness of engine stoppage by a vehicle are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the system includes a stop-start mechanism in communication with an engine operable to cause movement of the vehicle, the stop-start mechanism programmed to shut off the engine at a beginning of a nonoperational period and restart the engine at an end of the nonoperational period. The system also includes a vibration device triggered to cause at least one vehicle component to vibrate when the stop-start mechanism shuts off the engine at the beginning of the nonoperational period, and triggered to cease causing the at least one vehicle component to vibrate when the stop-start mechanism restarts the engine at the end of the nonoperational period.
US11524682B2	Adaptive cruise control for motor vehicle An adaptive cruise control for a motor vehicle includes a detection module for detecting a vehicle ahead, a production module capable of producing a setpoint, a storage module configured to store a value corresponding to the setpoint, a chronometer configured to be initialized and activated at a moment when the vehicle stops, and a reinitialization module for reinitializing the storage module. This cruise control includes a setup module capable of determining a limit according to the environment of the vehicle. The reinitialization module reinitializes the value stored by the storage module if the chronometer provides a duration greater than the limit.
US11524676B2	System and method for two step motor for electric vehicle (EV) truck and commercial vehicle applications In at least one embodiment, a system for a class 7 or 8 vehicle is provided. The system includes a first motor, a second motor, and a controller. The first motor is configured to generate torque for the vehicle. The second motor is configured to drive an engine of the vehicle such that the vehicle meets a desired speed as set forth by a driver. The controller is configured to drive at least one of the first motor and the second motor and to receive a first signal indicative of a speed of the vehicle. The controller is further configured to deactivate the first motor if the speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined speed limit.
US11524655B2	Method and system for relay attack prevention incorporating vector check A method and system for detecting if a relay is present in a PEPS system for a vehicle is provided which includes (a) transmitting LF signals from antennas associated with a vehicle to a key fob using a 3D LF receiver to measure the LF signal level on the x, y and z-axes; (b) selecting two or more parallel antennas associated with the vehicle that are orthogonal to the antenna at the PEPS triggering location; (c) normalizing the x, y and z vectors that are measured by the key fob for the selected two or more parallel antennas associated with the vehicle; and (d) determining if the normalized x, y and z vectors for the selected two or more parallel antennas associated with the vehicle are within a predefined range.
US11524651B2	Airbag cover The invention relates to a cover for closing a mouth of a receptacle holding an airbag with at least one airbag flap, wherein the cover has at least one breakaway line at the edge of the airbag flap(s) in order to enable the unfolding of the airbag, and wherein the airbag flap(s) is/are connected via a hinge element to a flap support wall in a molded manner, which is in contact with the inner surface of the receptacle wall in particular in a secured manner, wherein the flap support wall runs around the inner surface of the receptacle wall such that at least the four corners of the receptacle near the airbag flap(s) are covered.
US11524649B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion in which a front panel extends between front parts of right and left side frames and a front rod extends between the front parts of the right and left side frames at a position rearward of the front panel in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a cushion airbag device mounted in a front part of the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy a cushion airbag when a frontal collision of the vehicle occurs; and a bag support fixed to the front rod, the cushion airbag being fixed to the bag support at a position rearward of the front rod in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
US11524641B2	System and method for the automatic adjustment of vehicle seats of different types A system and method for adjusting seats of different vehicles, wherein the vehicles comprise means for retrieving an identifier of a seat user, wherein the system comprises means for storing data of seat adjustments made by an identified user in a first vehicle which are associated with the user identifier, comprises means for transmitting the seat adjustment data of the first vehicle and user identifier data to a second vehicle of a different type than the first vehicle, and comprises means for converting seat adjustment data of the first vehicle into seat adjustment data of the second vehicle so as to offer the user similar comfort in vehicles of different types.
US11524640B2	Power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus includes a battery pack for an electric vehicle, and an interface unit that couples the battery pack and a plurality of electrical devices. The interface unit includes a branch connector provided with a coupling unit and a plurality of fuses. The coupling unit allows coupling wires to join. Each of the coupling wires is coupled to a corresponding one of electrical devices. Each of the plurality of fuses is disposed in a corresponding one of coupling wires. The interface unit also includes a battery pack connector that is able to be coupled to the branch connector. In a state in which the branch connector is coupled to the battery pack connector, the power supply apparatus is configured to be able to supply electric power from the battery pack to each of the plurality of electrical devices via the coupling unit.
US11524638B2	Enhanced communication system for vehicle hazard lights A system for implementing strobing of existing vehicle hazard lights including an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to receive input to an existing vehicle flasher module, and a strobing circuit that responds to an activation signal from the vehicle wiring harness that is indicative of a hazard flasher deployment event by producing an electrical output through the interface to the vehicle wiring harness that causes a strobing of existing vehicle hazard lamps.
US11524636B2	Internally damped crossbar assembly having a slip plate damper A crossbar system for facilitating isolation of a sensor assembly from external vibrations of a support structure. The crossbar system comprises first and second crossbar assemblies and a payload mount, Each of the first and second crossbar assemblies comprises a crossbar segment and a slip plate damper. Each crossbar segment comprises a payload mount interface at a first end of the crossbar assembly and a first support structure interface at a second end of the crossbar assembly. Each slip plate damper is disposed about the crossbar segment and is slidably coupled to the crossbar segment to constrain movement in two lateral degrees of freedom and to facilitate movement in a longitudinal degree of freedom, Each slip plate damper comprises a second support structure interface at the second end of the crossbar assembly. The payload mount is coupled to the payload mount interfaces of the first and second crossbar assemblies.
US11524635B2	Retainer for securing personal electronic devices on seatbacks A portable retainer for securing personal electronic devices on the backs of seats is provided. The portable retainer provides a core having communicating wire holes adjacent each end of thereof, through which an elastic wire protrudes for either hanging from a seatback in an upright hanging position or being supported in a pocket of the seatback in an inverted propped up position. The portable retainer provides front and rear endplates that are peripherally broader than the core for facilitating winding the elastic wire about the core in a stored position. The endplates may provide a slot for magnets, to which anchor plates can removably attach to a desired electronic device in either the hanging or the propped-up positions for viewing the anchored electronic device from selective angles and height, due in part to the rigidly malleable elastic wire.
US11524633B2	Vehicle accessories A bumper assembly is provided for a vehicle having a frame. The bumper assembly includes a winch cradle defining a cradle mounting aperture corresponding to a first frame aperture of the frame. A bumper member is configured to at least partially surround the winch cradle and extend laterally from the winch cradle across a portion of the vehicle. The bumper member defines a bumper mounting aperture corresponding to a second frame aperture. The winch cradle is configured to couple to the vehicle frame independent of the bumper member and the bumper member is configured to couple to the vehicle frame independent of the winch cradle.
US11524630B2	Electronic mirror system for vehicle A display control device displays, on an electronic inner mirror, a composite image composited by performing image processing on a rear image captured by a rear camera and rear lateral images captured by an outer camera unit such that the rear image and the rear lateral images become a continuous image. A subject vehicle virtual image superimposition display unit of the display control device generates a virtual image of a subject vehicle virtually showing a subject vehicle and displays the virtual image of the subject vehicle superimposed on the composite image. A subject vehicle travel trajectory superimposition display unit of the display control device generates a virtual image of travel trajectory, which extends from left and right rear wheels toward the rear of the vehicle in the composite image, and displays the virtual image of travel trajectory superimposed on the composite image.
US11524629B2	Audible navigation indicator A vehicle includes a first sound generator supported at a front of the vehicle and positioned to generate sound in a vehicle-forward direction. The vehicle includes a second sound generator supported at a right side of the vehicle and positioned to generate sound in a vehicle-right direction. The vehicle includes a third sound generator supported at a left side of the vehicle and positioned to generate sound in a vehicle-left direction. The vehicle includes a computer in communication with the first, second, and third sound generators, the computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify an anticipated maneuver of the vehicle as a right-turn maneuver or a left-turn maneuver, actuate the first sound generator, and then, selectively actuate the second sound generator or the third generator based on the anticipated maneuver.
US11524626B1	Dedicated U-turn signal light system for motor vehicles A dedicated U-turn signal light system for motor vehicles will be added. This is achieved by introducing a U-turn signal light in the form of a green arc (or an alternative color adhering to the national motor vehicle codes) capping the existing conventional turn signals and activated where a U-turn is allowed. The U-turn arc signal will flash in an animated fashion and simultaneously with the conventional turn signal. This will apply on each direction (left or right). A revised design of the signal lever will be made to accommodate for two additional U-turn positions served by adding two U-turn slots in the signal lever control box. An additional two electrical switches will confirm simultaneous flashing of the conventional turn and U-turn signals.
US11524625B2	Adaptive vehicle headlight Example adaptive vehicle headlights are disclosed. An example system includes a photodetector, an illumination source configured to generate first light during a first operating mode, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a dichroic filter optically coupled to the illumination source and to the SLM, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the first light to the SLM, and the SLM is configured to direct second light to the dichroic filter during a second operating mode, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the second light having a first color to the photodetector, and direct the first light during the first operating mode.
US11524621B2	Light assembly heater systems, apparatus, and methods A heater system for an LED light assembly having a lens includes a flexible composite positioned around an outer surface of the lens. The flexible composite includes a polymer base layer, a plurality of conductive buses provided on the base layer, and a resistive layer electrically connecting the plurality of buses to form a circuit. The resistive layer includes conductor particles dispersed in a polymer matrix. The resistive layer has a crystalline first condition prior to applying electricity to one of the buses and an amorphous second condition in response to applying electricity to one of the buses.
US11524620B2	Tie down strap assembly including a plurality of anchor points A tie down strap assembly includes a strap and first and second hook assemblies disposed at respective opposing ends of the strap. The strap is formed of an elastic material. The strap defines a plurality of bores arranged along a length of the strap. Each of the first and second hook assemblies includes an engaging portion and a hook portion extending from the engaging portion. The engaging portion includes first and second sides. The engaging portion defines an opening extending through the first and second sides. The first side includes a mouth defining an aperture to receive a portion of the strap therethrough. The second side includes a boss configured to securely engage one bore of the plurality of bores of the strap. The hook portion is detachably couplable to the engaging portion of the other one of the first and second hook assemblies to interlock the first and second hook assemblies together.
US11524603B2	Prompting method of bicycle information, a device, a server, and a user terminal A bicycle information prompting method, a device, a server, and a user terminal are disclosed. The method comprises obtaining current power information of a target bicycle and sending the target bicycle to a user terminal associated with the target bicycle according to the current power information, so that the user terminal displays prompt information associated with the target bicycle.
US11524594B2	Contact system for establishing an electric connection between a vehicle and a power supply The invention relates to a contact system for establishing an electric connection between a vehicle and a power supply having a first pole and a second pole for charging the vehicle, secondary contact surfaces being mounted such that they surround a second insulating surface, wherein the second insulating surface has at least one minimum width which is greater than the peripheral size of one of the contacted primary contact surfaces in the same direction (X, Y, Z).
US11524593B2	Electric vehicle supply equipment synchronization and charging connector devices This disclosure describes electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) connectors for synchronizing and controlling charging between multiple electric vehicle supply equipment and an electrified vehicle. An exemplary EVSE connector is connectable to a charge port assembly of an electrified vehicle and includes a first port configured to receive a first charger coupler of a first EVSE and a second port configured to receive a second charger coupler of a second EVSE. The EVSE connector further includes a control system for coordinating charging operations between the first and second EVSE and the electrified vehicle.
US11524590B2	Automatic and dynamic home electricity load balancing for the purpose of EV charging An electric vehicle charging system includes logic collocated with an electric service panel to monitor a total present electric current consumption value for all electric consumers below a point in the service panel; a first input to receive the present electric current consumption value from the logic collocated with the service panel, and to compare the present electric current consumption value with a maximum current capacity value for the service panel; a second input to receive electric current from the service panel; an output to supply electric charging power to at least one electric vehicle; and logic to set an electric charging current drawn from the service panel through the second input and provided to the electric vehicle charging output to a value less than a difference between the maximum current capacity for the service panel and a sum of the present electric current consumption value and the current consumption value of a largest expected electric consumer.
US11524589B2	Power supply system and electric vehicle A power supply system includes a first power circuit coupled to a capacity-type first battery and a drive motor, a second power circuit coupled to an output-type second battery, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, and a converter ECU and a management ECU that operate the voltage converter to control converter passing power in the voltage converter. The management ECU sets, when a first SOC that is a percentage of charge in the first battery is less than a predetermined lamp-on threshold and a first maximum output P1_lim that is a maximum output of the first battery is more them a predetermined output threshold Pe0 maximum converter passing power Pcnv_max corresponding to maximum power with respect to the converter passing power to 0 to prohibit discharging of the second battery.
US11524576B2	Speed reduction assembly and a vehicle that utilizes the speed reduction assembly A speed reduction assembly for an electric vehicle includes an electric machine configured to operate as a motor and as a generator. The electric machine includes an output shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis at an output speed. The assembly also includes an output member coupled to the output shaft and rotatable about the longitudinal axis at a reduced speed. In addition, the assembly includes a pericyclic apparatus coupled to the output shaft and the output member to reduce the output speed of the output shaft to the reduced speed of the output member. A vehicle may include the speed reduction assembly in certain configurations. The vehicle includes a battery module and the electric machine is in electrical communication with the battery module to recharge the battery module when the electric machine operates as the generator.
US11524569B2	Snowmobile heat exchanger assembly A heat exchanger assembly has a top par and a bottom part joined to the top part. At least one of the top and bottom parts defines a recess. The top and bottom parts define therebetween a passage formed in part by the recess. The passage has a first portion of the passage extending along a first side of the heat exchanger assembly; a second portion of the passage extending along a second side of the heat exchanger assembly; an inlet fluidly communicating with the first portion of the passage near a first end of the passage; and an outlet fluidly communicating with the second portion of the passage near a second end of the passage. Fluid enters the passage via the inlet, then flows in the first portion of the passage, then flows in the second portion of the passage, and then exits the passage via the outlet.
US11524564B2	Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle of which a second motor shaft gear of a second motor-generator is disposed on one side of a second motor shaft disposed in parallel with the first motor shaft, includes a planetary gear set disposed on the first motor shaft and including one rotation element and the other rotation element are fixedly connected to the engine output shaft and the first motor shaft, respectively, and one remaining rotation element is engaged to the other rotation element, and the planetary gear set in which a drive gear is connected to the remaining rotation element through a one-way clutch, and an output shaft disposed in parallel between the engine output shaft and the second motor shaft, externally gear-engaged with each of the drive gear and the second motor shaft gear through a driven gear fixedly connected to one side.
US11524560B1	Retractable jeep top and associated methods A multi-functional retractable JEEP® top includes a support frame affixed to a top opening of an existing JEEP®, a top layer deployment section selectively biased between wound and unwound positions, a bottom layer deployment section disposed subjacent to the top layer deployment section and independently biased between wound and unwound positions, a controller for manipulating the top layer deployment section and the bottom layer deployment section upon receiving a user input, and a power source communicatively coupled to the controller. Each of the top layer deployment section and the bottom layer deployment section span across at least one portion of the top opening of the existing JEEP®.
US11524558B2	Vehicle window, glass structure and adjustment method thereof A glass structure includes a glass body; a modulating unit coupled to the glass body to modulate optical characteristics of the glass structure; an interaction unit coupled to the glass body to provide an adjusting signal indicating an execution of adjusting the optical characteristics of the glass structure; and a control unit coupled to the modulating unit and the interaction unit respectively, the control unit being configured to receive the adjusting signal from the interaction unit and to control the modulating unit to modulate the optical characteristics of a target region of the glass structure in response to the adjusting signal. The interaction unit and the modulating unit are isolated from each other by a filling material having a transmittance equal to or greater than about 50%, a relative permittivity equal to or less than about 10, and a thickness equal to or greater than about 50 μm.
US11524556B2	Light-reducing devices and methods of use Light-reducing devices that can be removably attached to a window or other panel through which light is able to pass, and methods of using such devices. Such a light-reducing device includes a tinted flexible transparent sheet and a microsuction tape adhered to the tinted flexible transparent sheet. The microsuction tape has a surface with micrometer-sized cavities that create a vacuum when the surface is pressed against a window. At least the surface of the tape is formed of a material that is sufficiently pliable and elastic so that each of the cavities forms a seal against the window and individual vacuums created between the surface and the window releasably secure the light-reducing device to the window when subjected to only the weight of the light-reducing device, but the light-reducing device can be peeled from the window.
US11524555B1	Automated vehicle sunscreen An automated vehicle sunscreen comprises a deployable sunscreen secured within the headliner region of an automobile vehicle's interior. The sunscreen may be deployed mechanically by means of a motor in communication with the automobile vehicle's power source. Controls for the sunscreen may be disposed upon the dashboard of the automobile vehicle.
US11524554B2	Vented roof panel A vented roof panel is provided for an overhead portion of a roll-over protection system of an off-road vehicle. The vented roof panel comprises a planar member that includes a shape and a curvature that match the overhead portion to enable closely attaching the vented roof panel to the roll-over protection system. The planar member is formed of any of various plastics, such as injection molded plastic, or other similar materials. An air scoop including an air inlet port is centrally disposed in the planar member. The air inlet port is disposed in a forward-facing portion of the air scoop and configured to direct an airstream from outside to underneath the vented roof panel. The vented roof panel may be attached to tubular frame members comprising the roll-over protection system by way of one or more suitable fasteners.
US11524552B2	Vehicle heater A vehicle heater includes a heater housing (12′), through which heating air to be heated can flow, with a heating air inlet area and with a heating air outlet area. A burner unit is arranged in the heater housing. A combustion air blower (46′) is arranged in the heater housing for delivering combustion air to the burner unit. A heat exchanger unit is arranged in the heater housing (12′). Heating air flowing through the heater housing (12′) can flow around the heat exchanger unit. A combustion air intake muffler (76) is arranged essentially in the heater housing (12′). A muffler housing (78) made in one piece with the heater housing (12′) is associated with the combustion air blower (46′).
US11524545B2	Switching valve for an air spring arrangement and an air spring arrangement A switching valve for an air spring arrangement of a motor vehicle, which switching valve has a valve housing arrangement which, in the installed state, is arranged between a first air volume and a second air volume. A valve closing member arrangement is actuatable by an actuator is provided such that the valve closing member arrangement, in a first position, fluidically connects the first air volume to the second air volume and, in a second position, fluidically separates the first air volume from the second air volume. The valve closing member arrangement is designed as a rotary slide arrangement. A rotary slide member with first openings is provided between two valve closing bodies, wherein, in the first position, the first openings correspond with second openings of the valve closing body such that a fluidic connection can be produced between the first and the second air volume.
US11524539B2	Chassis component for a wheel suspension and method for producing a chassis component A chassis component for a wheel suspension which has a strut arrangement with at least one strut which is in the form of a profile component with an open cross-section. The at least one strut has a profile base and two wall sections that extend away from the profile base. An articulation point is provided, at least at one end of the strut, for receiving two joint components movably connected to one another, namely, a first joint component having a spherical joint body and a second joint component that rotatably and/or pivotably holds the joint body. In the area of the at least one articulation point, the wall sections have first and second joint accommodation apertures arranged opposite one another. A cylindrical sleeve is pressed in between the first joint accommodation aperture and the second joint accommodation aperture and keeps the opposite wall sections apart from one another.
US11524537B2	Vehicle communication system for sharing real-time articulated vehicle positions A vehicle, hitch, and articulating trailer include vehicle to vehicle and infrastructure communications and vehicle computing systems, which have a controller coupled to and/or including one or more of a dynamics measurement unit, a transceiver, and a position sensor, among other components. The controller(s) are configured to, in response to detecting positions of trailer corners from the position sensor, generate vehicle and trailer relative orientation and navigation data including location, velocity, and orientation, utilizing vehicle and trailer electronic polyhedrons articulating about a hitch point and representing the combination vehicle and trailer predicted path and envelopes. In response to detected trailer movement relative to the hitch point, the generated articulated polyhedrons are generated with the navigation data, which includes the location, speed, and orientation, which are in turn communicated to nearby vehicles and roadway infrastructure. Initial trailer vertices may be generated with wireless and mobile devices to generate the trailer polyhedron.
US11524531B2	Pneumatic tire In a pneumatic tire, bead cores have a wire arrangement. In a cross-sectional view in a tire meridian direction, a tangential line and a contact point are defined. The tangential line contacts an innermost layer in a radial direction and the wire cross sections innermost and outermost in a lateral direction in the wire arrangement from a rim fitting surface side. The contact point of the tangent line is on the wire cross section on the outermost side. A gauge Wh in the lateral direction from the contact point to the rim fitting surface and an outer diameter φ of the bead wire have a relationship 2.0≤Wh/φ≤15.0. A radial height H2 of a contact portion between a body portion and a turned back portion of a carcass layer has a relationship 0.80≤H2/H1≤3.00 to a radial height H1 of the bead cores.
US11524523B2	Omni-wheel brake devices and methods for braking an omni-wheel An omni-wheel may include a shaft, a plurality of rollers, and a braking device. The plurality of rollers may be circumferentially arranged about the shaft and arranged radially outward from the shaft. The braking device may include an at least one flexible clutch member, an at least one brake pad, and an actuator. The at least one flexible clutch member may have an outer diameter arranged about the shaft. The at least one brake pad may be arranged on the outer diameter of the at least one flexible clutch member. The actuator may be arranged to axially displace the at least one flexible clutch member. The at least one flexible clutch member may expand radially outward when axially displaced by the actuator, which may displace the at least one brake pad arranged on the outer diameter of the at least one flexible clutch member radially outward to contact at least one of the plurality of rollers, preventing rotation of the roller.
US11524520B2	Canvas flocking diamond picture The disclosure discloses a canvas flocking diamond picture, and relates to the technical field of canvas flocking diamond picture devices and making methods, solving the problem that the gray cloth of diamond canvas is shrunk after encountering water so that the diamond picture becomes uneven. The picture frame is internally provided with a protective film and a canvas, and the protective film is located at one side of the canvas; the upper end surface of the canvas is provided with a flash layer; an ink-receiving layer is arranged under the flash layer; an upper back cover layer is arranged under the ink-receiving layer; a cingico layer is arranged under the upper back cover layer; a lower back cover layer is arranged under the cingico layer; a flocking layer is arranged under the lower back cover layer, and the flocking layer is located on the lower end surface of the canvas; an adhesive layer is arranged between the lower back cover layer and the flocking layer.
US11524519B2	Customizable therapy clip for a writing instrument A clip comprised of removably attached components. The clip may be attached to a writing instrument, such as a pencil, or stylus. The surface of the clip has male elements that allow the components to snap on to the clip so that the clip may be adorned. The components are secured to the clip so that they may rotate freely around the male element. The components may be comprised of decorative elements, such as jewels, initials, logos, or pictures. The components may be comprised of a utilitarian element, such as a lanyard, or a flashing light to indicate an incoming email. The components may have a tactile surface comprised of bumps, or waves. The components may comprise of movable elements such as a rolling ball, or star that spins. The tactile surface and moving elements of a component may aid in the treatment of anxiety and attention deficit disorders.
US11524514B2	Tamper-proof medium for thermal printing The present invention relates to method of manufacturing a tamper-proof medium for thermal printing, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited on a substrate which comprises a thermochromic coating layer comprising at least one halochromic leuco dye.
US11524512B2	Printing apparatus and control method thereof There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11524510B2	Adjusting a pickup time of a printing medium when a transfer delay occurs or is anticipated to occur An image forming apparatus includes an engine to form an image on an image forming medium, a paper transfer device to pick up a printing paper and transfer the paper to a transfer path, a sensor to sense a printing paper at a predetermined position on the transfer path, and a processor to determine whether a transfer delay occurs, when the printing paper is sensed, and adjust a pickup timing to advance a pickup of a printing paper of a next page.
US11524509B2	Ink, recording device, recording method, and recorded matter ink includes water, an alcohol having a boiling point of 240 degrees C. or lower, and an infrared absorbent, wherein the alcohol accounts for 5.0 percent by mass or more of the total amount of the ink and the ink is free of an alcohol having a boiling point higher than 240 degrees C.
US11524505B2	Ink jet recording device and recording medium temperature control method An ink jet recording device includes the following. A conveyor conveys a recording medium. A recording operator ejects an ink to cause the ink to land on the recording medium in a middle of a conveyance path of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyor. A reverser returns the recording medium from a first position downstream of a landing position of the ink, which is ejected from the recording operator, to a second position upstream of the landing position along the conveyance path. A first temperature regulator that regulates a temperature of the recording medium in at least a part of a region from the second position to the landing position on the conveyance path. A hardware processor causes the recording operator not to eject the ink while the recording medium initially passes through the landing position.
US11524504B2	Printing apparatus, service providing system, and printing apparatus control method A service printer includes a printer printing unit that executes a print function, a scanning unit that executes a scan function, a printer communication unit that acquires, from a service providing server that provides a delivery service of delivering ink, status information indicating at least one of the status of a contract for use of the delivery service and the status of payment of the usage fee for the delivery service, and a printer controller that enables or disables execution of the print function and execution of the scan function based on at least one of the contract status and the payment status that are indicated by the status information acquired by the printer communication unit.
US11524499B2	Substrate, liquid ejection head, and manufacturing method thereof A substrate includes a first substrate which has a first substrate through hole, and a second substrate which has a second substrate through hole and directly or indirectly overlaps the first substrate, the first substrate through hole and the second substrate through hole directly or indirectly communicate with each other to form a liquid supply path and a width D1 of an opening portion of the first substrate through hole on a surface of the first substrate closer to the second substrate, a width D2 of an opening portion of the second substrate through hole on a surface of the second substrate closer to the first substrate, a width D3 of an opening portion of the second substrate through hole on a surface of the second substrate farther from the first substrate have a relationship of D1
US11524497B2	Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge device A liquid discharge head, comprising an insulating member arranged on a substrate, a resistive heating element arranged in the insulating member and configured to generate thermal energy used to discharge a liquid, a bubble chamber provided above the insulating member and configured to generate bubbles of the liquid based on the thermal energy, and a temperature detection element capable of detecting a temperature in the bubble chamber, wherein the temperature detection element is arranged between the resistive heating element and the bubble chamber and in a conductive layer closest to the bubble chamber in a plurality of conductive layers provided with respect to the insulating member.
US11524492B2	Polyamide resin composition and molded article comprising the same A polyamide resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. The polyamide resin composition includes: about 15 wt % to about 49 wt % of an aromatic polyamide resin including a repeat unit represented by Formula 1 and a repeat unit represented by Formula 2 as defined in the specification; about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % of a polyamide resin having a glass transition temperature of about 40° C. to about 120° C.; about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of an olefin-based copolymer; and about 30 wt % to about 50 wt % of calcium carbonate. The polyamide resin composition and the molded article produced using the same can have good properties in terms of plating adhesion, impact resistance, thermal resistance, fluidity, and/or appearance, and the like.
US11524487B2	Laminated glass and method for fitting laminated glass There is provided laminated glass which is high in heat shielding properties. The laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first laminated glass member, a second laminated glass member and an interlayer film arranged between the first and second laminated glass members, the interlayer film includes an infrared ray reflection layer which reflects infrared rays, a first resin layer which is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin and a second resin layer which is arranged on a second surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin, and the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the whole layer composed of the first laminated glass member and the first resin layer is higher by 15% or more than the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the whole layer composed of the second laminated glass member and the second resin layer.
US11524484B1	Transparent heat-insulating film A transparent heat-insulating film is provided, wherein the transparent heat-insulating film includes a base layer including a first surface and a second surface, a hard-coat layer, a silver nanowire layer, and a protective layer including an inner surface and an outer surface. The hard-coat layer and the silver nanowire layer are disposed between the first surface of the base layer and the inner surface of the protective layer. A temperature of the second surface of the base layer is T1 (° C.), a temperature of the outer surface of the protective layer is T2 (° C.), and a temperature difference between T1 and T2 (T1−T2) is ΔT. When T1=50-100° C. and the base layer and the protective layer reach thermal equilibrium, ΔT=0.15T1−0.35T1.
US11524483B2	Decoration member A decoration member including: a color developing layer including a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer. The light absorbing layer includes a copper oxynitride (CuaObNc).
US11524481B2	Low refractive index layer, laminated film, method for producing low refractive index layer, method for producing laminated film, optical element, and image display device The present invention aims to provide a low refractive index layer that can attain both a low refractive index and a high mechanical strength even when it has a large thickness. The low refractive index layer of the present invention is a low refractive index layer in the form of a void-containing layer, wherein hollow particles each having a void space inside are further contained in the void-containing layer, and the low refractive index layer has a refractive index of 1.25 or less.
US11524474B2	Adjustable cutting and creasing heads for creating angled cuts and creases A converting machine is used to convert sheet material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging. The converting machine includes a converting assembly that performs a transverse conversion function, a longitudinal conversion function, and an angled conversion function on the sheet material to create the packaging templates. The converting machine includes a tool head with a converting instrument. The orientation of the converting instrument is adjustable to enable performance of the angled conversion function and at least one of the longitudinal conversion function and the transverse conversion function.
US11524472B2	Method of manufacturing optical component having micro-structures A method of manufacturing an optical component having micro-structures is described. The method detects a crystallization temperature within a crystallization temperature interval for fully filling the molding material into a mold cavity to rapidly produce the optical element having a micro-structure with a large area.
US11524471B2	Method for fabricating thermoplastic composite parts A system and method for forming a composite part. The apparatus comprises a sleeve that molds a composite material. The sleeve has a first face and a second face. The second face has features to mold the composite material. The first face comprises a first inclined surface having an angle less than about 90 degrees and greater than about 0 degrees.
US11524469B2	Composite material automatic laminating device This composite material automatic laminating equipment is provided with a lamination stage a composite material winding unit which supplies a composite material sheet, supply rollers which feed the composite material sheet onto the top surface of the lamination stage or onto another composite material sheet arranged on said top surface, a compaction roller which is arranged downstream of the supply rollers and which makes surface contact with the composite material sheet and presses the composite material sheet, and a cutting section which forms composite material sheet pieces by cutting, in the width direction, the portion of the composite material sheet in surface contact with the compaction roller.
US11524460B2	3D printer and 3D printing A 3D printing system comprising: a selective solidification module to: form a printed article by processing a build material; and form a printed container encompassing the printed article and a portion of unused build material about the printed article, the printed container defining a first port and a second port fluidly connected to the first port. The 3D printing system further comprises a connector to couple to the first port or second port of the printed container; and a pump fluidly connected to the connector to cause a fluid to flow through the printed container from the first port to the second port such that the printed article is cooled by the fluid flow.
US11524458B2	Laser pulse shaping for additive manufacturing The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for additively manufacturing a product in a layer-by-layer sequence, wherein the product is formed using powder particles deposited on an interface layer of a substrate. A laser generates first and second beam components. The second beam component has a higher power level and a shorter duration than the first beam component. A mask creates a 2D optical pattern in which only select portions of the second beam components can irradiate the powder particles. The first beam component heats the powder particles close to a melting point, where the particles experience surface tension forces relative to the interface layer. While the particles are heated, the second beam component further heats the particles and also melts the interface layer before the surface tension forces can act on and distort the particles, enabling the particles and the interface layer are able to bond together.
US11524455B2	Removable unit for selective powder delivery for additive manufacturing A dispensing system for an additive manufacturing includes a powder reservoir that contains powder to form an object, and an array of nozzles positioned at a base of the powder reservoir over a top surface of a platen where the object is to be formed. The powder flows from the powder reservoir through the nozzles to the top surface. A respective powder wheel in each nozzle controls a flow rate of the powder. Each wheel has multiple troughs on surface of the wheel. When a motor rotates the wheel, the troughs transport the powder through the nozzle. The rotation speed of the wheel controls the flow rate. For solid parts of the object, the wheel rotates and allows the powder to be deposited on the top surface. For empty parts of the object, the wheel remains stationary to prevent the powder from flowing to the surface.
US11524451B2	Additive manufacturing apparatus having a stabilized build platform and methods of its use An additive manufacturing apparatus is provided. The additive manufacturing apparatus may include a stabilizing system; a build platform on the stabilizing system; and a build unit positioned over the build platform, wherein the build unit comprises a powder dispenser and a recoater blade. Methods are also provided for making an object from powder.
US11524446B2	Systems and methods for monitoring a cured-in-place piping process A method for monitoring a curing process of a cured-in-place pipe is disclosed. The method includes affixing a plurality of sensors to a resin layer of a liner, and determining a curing profile corresponding to at least the resin layer, the curing profile including a threshold curing value. The method further includes sensing, using the plurality of sensors, real-time data indicative of at least one curing parameter. Additionally, the method includes comparing the real-time data from each sensor to the threshold curing value, and outputting an alert upon the real-time data meeting or exceeding the threshold curing value.
US11524430B2	Structure, and method for manufacturing same The present application provides a structure excellent in sound absorbing performance According to the present invention, provided is a structure comprising a foam molded body and a porous skin sheet, wherein the skin sheet is integrally molded with the foam molded body; the foam molded body and comprises a wide space therein; and Sw/Ft≥0.5, where Ft represents the thickness of the foam molded body at a position in which the thickness of the wide space is maximum, and Sw represents the width of the wide space.
US11524428B2	Cleaning agent for molding-machine cleaning and cleaning method The object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning agent that is superior in the initial cleaning effect and allows residues to be easily distributed evenly in the next fabricated molded article. The object is achieved by a cleaning agent used for a molding machine and including a thermoplastic resin and a glass wool.
US11524427B2	Water soluble barrier coatings for washout tooling for a composite layup A washout tooling for a composite layup is provided. The washout tooling comprises a casting mold having an exterior surface. The casting mold comprises a particulate material and a water-soluble binder. The casting mold is adapted to break down in the presence of an aqueous solution. The washout tooling further comprises a water-soluble coating layer overlying the exterior surface. The water-soluble coating layer is adapted to break down in the presence of an aqueous solution. The washout tooling further comprises a curable composite layer overlying the water-soluble coating layer. The water-soluble coating layer minimizes contact between the particulate material and the curable composite layer.
US11524426B2	Master manufacturing method, master, and optical body There is provided a new and improved master manufacturing method, master, and optical body enabling more consistent production of optical bodies having a desired haze value, the master manufacturing method including: forming a first micro concave-convex structure, in which an average cycle of concavities and convexities is less than or equal to visible light wavelengths, on a surface of a base material body that includes at least a base material; forming an inorganic resist layer on the first micro concave-convex structure; forming, on the inorganic resist layer, an organic resist layer including an organic resist and filler particles distributed throughout the organic resist; and etching the organic resist layer and the inorganic resist layer to thereby superimpose and form on the surface of the base material a macro concave-convex structure and a second micro concave-convex structure.
US11524408B2	Method and apparatus for providing food to user Provided is a method of providing food to a user, the method including determining to provide first food among the food to the user; moving a first gripper to a container that contains the first food, determining whether the first gripper reciprocates in the container, calculating a weight difference value indicating an amount of change in a total weight of the food before and after the reciprocating in response to a determination that the first gripper reciprocates in the container, and determining that the first food is provided to the user based on the weight difference value. In addition, an apparatus for providing food to a user to perform the food providing method is provided. Also, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing programs to perform the food providing method is provided.
US11524405B2	Screwing device A screwing device including: a container for screws; a manipulator having an effector to pick up a screw; an isolating unit connected to the container to provide the screw from the container at an interface such that a head of the screw is accessible to the effector; and a control unit to control the manipulator in executing a control program to perform operations including: guiding the effector along a trajectory having an orientation to the screw head at the interface, wherein the orientation is defined for locations along the trajectory; and executing force-regulated, impedance-regulated, and/or admittance-regulated periodic and closed tilting movements of the effector in relation to its orientation until a condition for a torque, a force, or a time for carrying out the tilting movements is reached or exceeded, and/or a force/torque and/or a position/speed signature at the effector is reached or exceeded, indicating successful pick-up of the screw.
US11524401B1	Learning skills from video demonstrations A method includes determining motion imitation information for causing a system to imitate a physical task using a first machine learning model that is trained using motion information that represents a performance of the physical task, determining a predicted correction based on the motion information and a current state from the system using a second machine learning model that is trained using the motion information, determining an action to be performed by the system based on the motion imitation information and the predicted correction; and controlling motion of the system in accordance with the action.
US11524398B2	Gear drive mechanisms for surgical instruments A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly having a gear drive mechanism. The gear drive mechanism includes a variable radius gear to provide a desired mechanical advantage to a user during actuation of a movable handle of the surgical instrument.
US11524394B2	Disassembling tool and battery module using disassembling tool Disclosed is a disassembling tool for a secondary battery. The disassembling tool includes a first rotation member configured to be rotatable and to allow a nut to be coupled thereto; a connection shaft coupled to the first rotation member; a second rotation member coupled to the connection shaft to transmit a rotational force to the connection shaft; and a housing, in which the connection shaft is disposed. The housing is inclined with respect to a virtual horizontal line parallel to a ground surface.
US11524391B2	Clamping device with force sensing A clamp device has first and second jaws movable relative to one another for clamping an object therebetween. A clamp sensor operatively connected to one of the jaws generates a clamping signal representative of a clamping force urging the first and second jaws towards one another. A display is arranged to display a value proportional to the clamping signal which is representative of the clamping force between the first and second jaws. A motor for driving movement of the second jaw relative to the first jaw is operated by a controller that responds to operator commands in a manual control mode and/or which automatically drives the motor so as to maintain the clamping signal measured by the clamp sensor within a prescribed threshold range to apply a constant clamping force between the first and second jaws under an automated control mode.
US11524387B2	Apparatus and method for peening of machine components A peening device for treating a component includes a shot media propulsion source configured to propel a quantity of shot media. The device also includes a plurality of treatment enclosures each selectively coupleable to the shot media propulsion source. Each of the treatment enclosures has a shape complementary to a corresponding one of a plurality of portions of the component, such that each treatment enclosure and the corresponding portion cooperate to enclose the shot media.
US11524380B2	Motion control system and method A motion control system and a motion control method are provided. The motion control method includes: sending a plurality of machining commands to a second controller by a first controller at a cloud; storing the plurality of machining commands in a buffer by the second controller; and operating the machine tool according to the plurality of machining commands stored in the buffer. As such, when poor communication occurs between the first controller and the second controller, the second controller causes the buffer to send a deceleration command to the machine tool so as to cause the machine tool to operate at a reduced speed, thereby avoiding unexpected motion such as sudden shutdown of the machine tool and damage to machined products.
US11524367B2	Glass plate and manufacturing method of glass plate Separation lines are formed in a glass plate having first and second main surfaces by irradiating with laser light. The separation lines are configured of a product line corresponding to an outline of a glass article to be separated; and a release line. The product line includes a first in-plane void array configured of in-plane voids arranged on the first main surface; and internal void arrays for product line, each having an in-plane void. The release line includes internal void arrays for release line. A maximum length of the internal void array for product line L1max is equal to a maximum length of the internal void array for release line L2max, and a minimum length of the internal void array for product line L1min is greater than a minimum length of the internal void array for release line L2min; or the length L1max is greater than the length L2max.
US11524363B2	Laser powder deposition weld rework for gas turbine engine non-fusion weldable nickel castings A method of reworking or repairing a component includes removing a casting defect from a component manufactured of a non-fusion weldable base alloy to form a cavity that results in a through hole; sealing the through hole with a backing; and at least partially filling the cavity with a multiple of layers of a multiple of laser powder deposition spots, each of the multiple of laser powder deposition spots formed of a filler alloy, a first layer of the multiple of layers includes a perimeter of the multiple of laser powder deposition spots that overlap a wall of the cavity and the backing.
US11524346B2	Rotary cutting tool, rotary cutting unit, and rotary cutting method According to one implementation, a rotary cutting tool includes: a body without a back taper; and a cutting edge part integrated with the body. The body has a flow path of a cutting oil inside the body. The cutting edge part has a first supply port that supplies the cutting oil toward a workpiece. The body has at least one second supply port that supplies the cutting oil to a clearance formed between a bush for positioning and the body. The bush is used by being inserted in the body.
US11524345B2	Bore cutting tool and method of making the same A bore cutting tool for cutting metal workpieces includes a tool substrate and a tool coating on a surface of the tool substrate. The bore cutting tool includes a plurality of pits in the surface of the tool substrate and wherein the tool coating extends over the pits such that the pit surface includes the tool coating. In this way, the pit dimensions can be retained over prolonged tool life and the pits, with their coated surface, are particularly effective at retaining lubricant so that the thickness of a lubricant film can be increased as compared to a tool without the coated pits. In the embodiments, the pits are formed by laser etching and are present only on the cylindrical land. Average pit depth is suitably in the range 8 μm to 25 μm, average pit width and pit length is independently selected from 40 μm to 250 μm and average pit density may be 20 to 30 pits/mm2.
US11524335B2	Casting device and casting method A casting device capable of manufacturing products in a short cycle time; and a casting method using this casting device. The casting device includes: a pressurized furnace; a mold having a cavity formed therein; a stalk; at least a first hot water tap in a cylindrical shape connecting the cavity and an end of the stalk on the downstream side in the molten metal filling direction and guiding the molten metal supplied to the stalk to inside the cavity; and a filter member provided in the first hot water tap. The filter member includes a flange extending along the extension direction of the first hot water tap and abutting an inner wall surface of the first hot water tap. A coolant passage having coolant flowing therethrough is provided in the vicinity of the inner wall surface.
US11524334B1	Method and apparatus for avoiding erosion in a high pressure die casting shot sleeve for use with low iron aluminum silicon alloys Methods for replacing an impingement site of a shot sleeve with an erosion resistant material, for manufacturing a shot sleeve for high pressure die casting of Aluminum Silicon alloys having an erosion resistant material at an impingement site, and for manufacturing a shot sleeve for high pressure die casting of aluminum silicon alloys containing 0.40% max Fe, having an erosion resistant material at an impingement site are disclosed. The shot sleeve assembly includes a shot sleeve including a pouring hole and a, impingement site. In certain embodiments a bushing assembly is implemented. The impingement site or bushing assembly includes a refractory metal tube constructed of erosion resistant material.
US11524332B2	Array-spraying additive manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing large-sized equiaxed crystal aluminum alloy ingot An array-spraying additive manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing a large-sized equiaxed crystal aluminum alloy ingot, comprising: a liquid aluminum spraying mechanism having array nozzles disposed in an atmospheric pressure chamber, a movable condensing mechanism disposed in the atmospheric pressure chamber below the liquid aluminum spraying mechanism, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism sends an upward guiding command to a release mechanism and issues a three-dimensional movement command to the movable condensing mechanism, such that liquid aluminum in the liquid aluminum spraying mechanism is sprayed at the surface of the movable condensing mechanism in a continuous array of liquid flows according to a preset path and is rapidly condensed to form an ingot. Also disclosed is an additive manufacturing method employing the apparatus.
US11524331B2	Unidirectional or bidirectional sand dispensing device A unidirectional or bidirectional sand dispensing device, including a discharge port (10), the discharge port includes a lower plate (11) and an upper plate (12), the upper plate is provided above the lower plate, an included angle between a horizontal plane and a straight line where an endpoint of a free end of the upper plate and an endpoint of a free end of the lower plate are located is a leakage angle (13), that is to say, a particulate material forms an inclined plane between the upper plate and the lower plate, and an included angle between the inclined plane and the horizontal plane is the leakage angle, which can be adjusted by changing relative positions of the upper plate and the lower plate. The direction of an opening of the sand passing passage is opposite to a moving direction during the sand dispensing operation. When the sand dispensing operation is stopped, the leakage angle is less than or equal to the static repose angle of the particulate material, and is greater than or equal to zero, which ensures that the particulate material will not slide down, and the phenomenon of sand leakage is eliminated. When the sand dispensing operation is being carried out, the leakage angle is greater than or equal to the dynamic repose angle of the particulate material, which ensures that the particulate material will slide down along the inclined plane and that the sand is dispensed relatively uniformly.
US11524328B2	Braided medical devices A braided vaso-occlusive member formed out of first plurality of filaments interwoven with a second plurality of filaments, wherein filaments of the first plurality are helically wound in a first rotational direction along an elongate axis of the braided member, and filaments of the second plurality are wound in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, such that filaments of the first plurality cross over and/or under filaments of the second plurality at each of a plurality cross-over locations axially spaced along the elongate axis of the braided member, wherein at each cross-over location, the filaments of the first plurality cross over at least two consecutive filaments of the second plurality, then cross under only a single filament of the second plurality, and then cross over at least two additional consecutive filaments of the second plurality.
US11524324B2	Method for producing a bent torsional profile and torsional profile The invention relates to a method for producing a bent torsional profile comprising the following process steps: a) provision of a plate made of planar sheet metal, b) reshaping of the plate through the introduction of a bent trough oriented in the longitudinal direction of the plate in a central length portion (6) of the plate at a distance from the front edges of the plate, forming legs between the trough and the longitudinal edges of the plate, c) reshaping of the legs in such a manner that an open profile is created, d) reshaping of the legs in such a manner that a hollow profile is produced, wherein a longitudinal gap is formed between the two legs over the entire longitudinal extent thereof and wherein an air gap is created between the legs and the trough in the region of the trough, e) joining of the two legs over the entire longitudinal gap.
US11524323B2	Decontamination device and method for military materiel A device for the decontamination of materiel, notably an aircraft such as a military helicopter, using a nuclear, biological and/or chemical decontaminant. The device includes a protective cover that can be adapted to the shape of the materiel, able to form a fluid tight decontamination tunnel around the materiel; at least one decontamination module able to eliminate the contamination from the materiel arranged inside the tunnel formed by the protective cover; an air-blowing module able to be arranged at the entrance to the tunnel formed by the protective cover in order to dispatch air into the said tunnel; and a filtration module able to be positioned at the exit from the tunnel formed by the protective cover in order to destroy contaminated air vapours and/or to recover the decontaminant at the exit from the said tunnel.
US11524322B2	Jig for attaching and detaching cleaning member The disclosure provides a jig for attaching and detaching a cleaning member, which facilitates attaching and detaching the cleaning member to and from a rotation device without holding the cleaning member directly by hand, even when there is no sufficient spacing around the cleaning member. The jig 100 for attaching and detaching a cleaning member 60 includes a pair of jig bodies 110 capable of clamping two ends 63 of a holder 62 of the cleaning member 60, and a connecting mechanism 120 that interlocks the movements of the pair of jig bodies 110 between a clamped state in which two ends 63 of the holder 62 are clamped and a non-clamped state in which the clamped state is released.
US11524319B2	Apparatus and method for cleaning wafer handling equipment A cleaning assembly for cleaning one or more wafer edge handling contact surfaces of wafer handling equipment includes a substrate and a cleaning ring. The substrate includes an edge portion that extends about the body of the substrate. The cleaning ring is reversibly attachable to the edge portion of the substrate. The cleaning ring is formed from a deformable material. The substrate and cleaning ring are sized for compatibility with a front opening unified pod (FOUP) or a wafer cassette of a semiconductor fabrication facility.
US11524318B2	Method and system for marking and encoding recyclability of material to enable automated sorting of recycled items A method and system for marking and encoding recyclability includes material identification markers to enable a robot with computer vision capability to properly identify and distinguish between various materials. The material identification markers could include marks or symbols to describe a recyclable item or material. The material identification markers may be incorporated into the design of the item, printed on the item or label, or placed in any other way as this is a vision-based system. Further, the material identification markers may be visible or invisible to the human eye.
US11524316B2	Two-dimensional coordination polymers Forming a two-dimensional polymeric sheet includes translating a portion of a flexible substrate through a first liquid precursor to coat the portion of the flexible substrate with the first liquid precursor, thereby yielding a precursor-coated portion of the flexible substrate. The precursor-coated portion of the flexible substrate is translated through an interface between the first liquid precursor and a second liquid precursor, thereby reacting the first liquid precursor on the precursor-coated portion of the flexible substrate with the second liquid precursor to yield a polymer-coated portion of the flexible substrate.
US11524312B2	Apparatus for surface treatment of articles, and treatment process feasible by said apparatus An apparatus for surface treatment of articles comprises a plurality of trays (4) each carrying one or more piece-holding spindles (3). A primary transport assembly (19) removably engages the trays (4) to transfer them according to a step-by-step motion between a plurality of stopping locations (A . . . J) distributed along the movement path (P), along which respective work stations (12, 13, 14, 15) operate. At least one additional transport assembly (31a, 31b) withdraws each tray (4) from the primary transport assembly (19) at one of said stopping locations (A . . . J), for moving it at one of said work stations (12, 13, 14, 15), and engaging it again with the primary transport assembly (19).
US11524306B2	Surface cleaning apparatus, cyclonic air treatment member and surface cleaning apparatus including the same A surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air treatment chamber with a moveable member positioned therein. An end wall of the air treatment chamber is openable in response to a moveable member being longitudinally translated through at least the portion of the air treatment chamber. The driving assembly includes a handle and a drive rod that is rotatably mounted about a longitudinally extending axis of the drive rod between a stored position in which the moveable member is in a stored position and an operable position in which the moveable member is translatable through at least a portion of the chamber. In the stored position, the handle is longitudinally spaced from the first and second ends of the air treatment chamber and, when the driving assembly is in the operable position, the driving assembly is operable to longitudinally translate the moveable member through at least a portion of the chamber.
US11524297B2	Method of concentrating particles in a liquid droplet using an EWOD device with sensing apparatus A microfluidic system and related methods of operating an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device operate to concentrate particles within a liquid droplet dispensed onto an element array of the EWOD device. The method includes the steps of providing a non-polar liquid onto the element array of the EWOD device; providing a polar liquid droplet onto the element array of the EWOD device within the non-polar liquid, wherein the polar liquid droplet includes particles; and applying an actuation cycle comprising a plurality of actuation patterns, wherein at least one of the actuation patterns includes actuating one or more array element electrodes within a perimeter of the polar liquid droplet, and the particles migrate within the polar liquid droplet to become concentrated within a portion of the liquid droplet at one or more array element electrodes corresponding to one of the plurality of actuation patterns.
US11524286B2	Method and metering device for the contact metering of liquids A method for the contact metering of liquids having the following steps: a first liquid is introduced into at least one elongate hollow body, some of the first liquid contained in the elongate hollow body is pressed out of the lower end of the elongate hollow body as a contacting volume such that the contacting volume forms a drop suspended from the lower end of the elongate hollow body, at least some of the drop is immersed in a second liquid in a target vessel and the defined metering volume consisting of the contacting volume and a residual volume contained in the elongate hollow body is dispensed into the second liquid.
US11524281B2	Phosphorus-containing molecular sieve, its preparation and application thereof A phosphorus-containing molecular sieve has a phosphorus content of about 0.3-5 wt %, a pore volume of about 0.2-0.95 ml/g, and a ratio of B acid content to L acid content of about 2-10. The molecular sieve has a specific combination of characteristics, including a high ratio of B acid content to L acid content, thereby exhibiting higher hydrocracking activity and ring-opening selectivity when used in the preparation of a hydrocracking catalyst.
US11524273B1	Natural zeolite block for improving water quality and method for manufacturing same A natural zeolite block for improving water quality that is capable of being built in rivers, streams, and reservoirs having point and non-point pollutant sources to purify the water polluted by pollutants, to remove the eutrophication in the water to prevent the occurrence of green and red tides, and to consistently purify heavy metals and all kinds of harmful substances flowing into the water and to a method for manufacturing the same.
US11524271B2	Thin film getter and manufacturing method therefor A thin film getter is provided. The thin film getter comprises a substrate and an absorption layer on the substrate, wherein the absorption layer comprises a getter material for absorbing target gas and an auxiliary material for providing a moving path of the target gas, and the getter material can be divided into a plurality of getter regions by the auxiliary material.
US11524260B2	Atmospheric greenhouse gas removal A material (such as potassium hydroxide or ammonia) capable of reacting with ambient carbon dioxide to produce fertilizer is placed in the path of ambient air movement. Desirably the material is associated with a fabric which in turn is associated with a vane of a vertical axis wind turbine, the turbine performing useful work as well as supporting the material which produces a fertilizer. A misting system controlled by a controller may automatically apply a water mist to the material if the humidity is below a predetermined level. The fabric with produced nitrogen and/or potassium fertilizer may be placed directly into contact with soil, or shredded first, or burned to produce energy and an ash (and the ash applied to the soil). The wind turbine may have a convenient, versatile mounting system with three adjustable legs supporting a central component, and the spokes of the wind turbine may be slotted for easy assembly with vanes.
US11524255B2	Filter element center tube cage with poke yoke feature Various example embodiments relate to a filtration system. The filtration system includes a filter housing having a first housing end and a second housing end. The filter housing includes a housing cover defining an outlet. The housing cover includes a first guidance element extending from an internal portion of the housing cover axially away from the outlet. A second guidance element extends from the internal portion of the housing cover axially away from the outlet. A filter element has a first filter end and a second filter end. The filter element includes an end cap adjacent the first filter end and defining an end cap opening therethrough. The end cap includes a channel around the end cap opening. Filter media has a first media end and a second media end. The filter media extends axially from the first media end toward the second media end.
US11524253B2	Wash press having improved rotor structure and housing for removing the same Provided is a wash press that separates liquids and solids from a waste stream. The wash press includes a tank having a semi-cylindrical shape. The tank has an inlet at a top of the tank for receiving a waste stream, a screen disposed in a portion of a bottom of the tank to permit liquid to pass therethrough, and an outlet for permitting solid materials separated from the liquid to pass therethrough. A rotor extends through the tank for transporting and dewatering the waste material entering the tank. The rotor includes a plurality of helical flights interconnected by paddle members to permit agitating the waste material. The wash press also includes a removable cover that enables the rotor to be lifted vertically, and a removably attached screen to facilitate replacement/repair of the same.
US11524250B1	Fluid waste filtration system with grease and garbage traps A fluid waste filtration system includes a housing configured to be coupled between and in fluid communication with a sink and a primary grease trap. The housing defines a chamber and includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a grease outlet each in fluid communication with the chamber. The grease outlet is defined in a plane at or above a plane of the fluid outlet. A wall is disposed in the housing and divides the chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. The wall is configured to direct a fluid that flows into the first chamber through the fluid inlet toward the grease outlet.
US11524242B2	Systems and methods for providing customized instances of a game within a virtual space A system and method for providing customized instances of a game within a virtual space. The system may be configured to obtain values associated with one or more users of the virtual space. The game, which is playable within the virtual space, may initially comprise predefined features and initially undefined features. The customizations may define the initially undefined features to provide custom-defined features. As such, when played, the game may include the predefined features and the custom-defined features. Customizations defining the initially undefined features to provide custom-defined features for a given instance of the game may be determined based on the values associated with a given user. The system may be configured to provide the given instance of the game to the given user.
US11524239B2	Gameplay system with play augmented by merchandise A gameplay system for providing interactivity based on a piece of merchandise or other object held or worn by a player. The system includes an object identification assembly, which may be a modified computer vision system, that operates to sense, for a gameplay participant, the presence and identity of a particular augmenting object such as themed merchandise worn or held by a rider of a theme park ride. The sensing may be performed by detecting an on-and-off pattern of light emitted from the object. In response, the gameplay system selects or modifies the interactive features of gameplay associated with the participant based on the identified augmenting object. For example, the interactive features are selected from memory by the gameplay system controller to match a character associated with the augmenting object during any interactive gameplay. This allows the gameplay participant to choose their abilities or powers for gameplay.
US11524238B1	Augmented reality tag recognition and game miniature identification system and process for uniquely identifying game miniatures corresponding to character attributes in a role An augmented reality (AR) tag recognition and game miniature identification system is disclosed that uniquely identifies game miniatures and character attributes that correspond to the game miniatures in a tabletop role-playing game. The AR tag recognition and game miniature identification system is used with a physical game miniature base system and involves uses of a marker or tag to uniquely identify game miniatures by way of an AR system. The AR tag recognition and game miniature identification system relies on the simple, cheap, addition of the tag as part of the miniature base to allow for easy visual identification.
US11524237B2	Systems and methods for distributing the generation of nonplayer characters across networked end user devices for use in simulated NPC gameplay sessions A system and method is provided that simulates gameplay of non-player characters (NPCs) distributed across networked end user devices. The system may identify end user devices that are connected to the system through a network and are available to participate in a simulation in which each participating end user device is provided with one or more NPCs to be executed. An end user device may be available to participate when it has sufficient computing capacity, such as when in an idle or standby state. As such, the system may leverage spare computing capacity of networked end user devices to execute NPCs at networked end user devices during a simulation. In this manner, the behavior of an NPC may be tested using real-world conditions that may affect gameplay, such as a network connection quality, user-to-user game engine coordination and data exchanges, and/or other real-world conditions associated with networked end user devices.
US11524224B2	Operating device Disclosed herein is an operating device connected to an information processing device, the operating device including an information transmitting section configured to receive an operation of a user and transmit operation information indicating content of the operation to the information processing device and a control processing section configured to perform control processing determined in advance according to the operation of the user, the information transmitting section transmitting state information indicating an execution state of the control processing to the information processing device.
US11524222B2	Polyhedral toy Provided is a polyhedral toy which has a wider variety of playing patterns and cannot be predicted in terms of change in forms to thereby enable enhancement of elements of puzzles. A first polyhedral piece for forming an upper face of a cube is coupled to a second polyhedral piece for forming a first side face of the cube and a third polyhedral piece for forming a second side face adjacent to the first side face at respective sides of bottom faces of the first polyhedral piece, the second polyhedral piece, and the third polyhedral piece. The second polyhedral piece is coupled to a fourth polyhedral piece for forming a third side face opposed to the second side face of the cube at respective sides of the bottom face of the second polyhedral piece and a bottom face of the fourth polyhedral piece. The fourth polyhedral piece is coupled to a fifth polyhedral piece for forming a lower face opposed to the upper face of the cube at respective sides of the bottom face of the fourth polyhedral piece and a bottom face of the fifth polyhedral piece. The fifth polyhedral piece is coupled to a sixth polyhedral piece for forming a fourth side face opposed to the first side face of the cube at respective sides of the bottom face of the fifth polyhedral piece and a bottom face of the sixth polyhedral piece. The third polyhedral piece of a first cube is coupled to the sixth polyhedral piece of a second cube at respective sides of the bottom faces of the third polyhedral piece of the first cube and the sixth polyhedral piece of the second cube, and the third polyhedral piece of the second cube is coupled to the sixth polyhedral piece of the first cube at respective sides of the bottom faces of the third polyhedral piece of the second cube and the sixth polyhedral piece of the first cube.
US11524218B2	Adjustable difficulty rock hold An adjustable rock hold having a rotatable outer portion configured to rotate about an axis of the adjustable rock hold and rotate with respect to a climbing surface, wherein the adjustable rock hold is configured to be attached to the climbing surface; a plurality of gripping surfaces positioned around an outer edge of the rotatable outer portion; and one or more securing elements configured to secure the rotatable outer portion with respect to the climbing surface.
US11524217B2	Three-dimensional throwing game target apparatus A three-dimensional throwing game target apparatus includes platforms, bridge members, connectors and stanchions. The platforms include an outer wall and a platform receptacle ring that is adapted to receive a cup. Each of the bridge members include at least one bridge receptacle ring and a plurality of elongated girders extending outwardly from the bridge receptacle ring. The bridge members and the platforms may be detachably connected to one another in a horizontal plane. The stanchions are assembled to the platforms to support the receptacle rings at a plurality of different heights. The platforms, bridge members, connectors and stanchions may be assembled together to support the platform receptacle rings at selected vertically and horizontally spaced locations.
US11524216B2	Foldable goal frame A goal frame for a goal apparatus, the goal frame including a crossbar member, a first and a second goalpost member, a support member, and a rotatable attachment member. Respective ends of the crossbar member are attached to, or are operable to attach to, a respective end of the first and second goal post members to form a goal face. The attachment of the respective end of the crossbar member to the end of the first goal post member forms a crossbar-goalpost corner portion of the goal face. The rotatable attachment member is attached to, or is operable to attach to, the goal face adjacent to the crossbar-goalpost corner portion. The rotatable attachment member is attached to, or is operable to attach to, an end of the support member. The rotatable attachment member is operable to rotate about the part of the goal face to which it is attached from a first position in which the attached support member extends outwardly from the goal face to a second position in which the attached support member extends along substantially the same plane as the goal face.
US11524215B2	Bat system with performance limiting structure and methods of making same A bat, which has a hollow barrel and an internal assembly configured to resist deformation of the hollow barrel, is disclosed. The internal assembly includes multiple rods disposed longitudinally within the hollow barrel. The internal assembly can include a deformable ring having a substantially circular outer wall having a diameter less than an inner diameter of the hollow barrel and multiple holes, with each hole configured to at least partially receive a rod of the multiple rods. The bat can have an end cap including end cap holes extending partially through the end cap, with each end cap hole configured to at least partially receive a rod.
US11524207B2	Electric treadmill An electric treadmill includes a motor and a motor driving circuit. The motor driving circuit is operable to control electric current flow from a positive electrode through the motor to a negative electrode to drive the motor. The motor driving circuit has a switch path connected between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The switch path has a resistance element and a switch element connected in series. When the motor driving circuit receives power, the switch element will be switched to a disconnected state, so that the resistance element is inactive. When the motor driving circuit does not receive power, the switch element will be switched to a connected state, so that the resistance element becomes a load between the positive electrode and the negative electrode for consuming power generated by the motor when the endless belt is driven to rotate by an external force.
US11524202B1	Devices for rehabilitating shoulder injuries Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture that can include, and/or a method for activities that can include and/or relate to, an elongate flexible strap and a plurality of elongate finger steps, each elongate finger step from the plurality of finger steps attached to the strap.
US11524196B2	Climbing action structures A climbing action structure includes a support structure having a plurality of columns configured to be fixed relative to an underlying surface and support at least one header of a plurality of headers above the underlying surface. A climbing action space is defined between the columns, the headers, and the underlying surface that is devoid of intruding structure. The headers define a plurality of action element mounts, each defining a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the underlying surface. At least one action element is removably coupled to the support structure at a respective action element mount. The action element includes a top end having a header connection member. The header connection member being coupled to the respective action element mount and adjustably positionable along the longitudinal axis, and the action element is disposed within the climbing action space and a participant has 360° access to the action element therein.
US11524195B2	Fire fighting training unit A fire fighting training unit formed of steel plate with a stackable first story, second story and a roof mounted at eye level on a portable mobile stand for use with a thermal imaging camera. The roof is stackable on either the first story or second story. Each of the first and second stories has a hallway formed by divider panels separating first and second burn units, said hallways simulating a stairway when the first and second stories are stacked. Apertures in the divider panels have a sliding valve for controlling airflow. A garage with a base and a stackable roof is attached to the first story by a breezeway with a rotary valve in a sleeve for controlling airflow between the first story and the garage. The roofs having an aperture and the first and second burn units of the first and second stories have windows with latched closures.
US11524194B2	Method and apparatus for fire prevention in openings in demising wall A fire prevention apparatus includes an inner pipe having multiple perforations along a length of the inner pipe. The fire prevention apparatus also includes an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe, the outer pipe having a slit along a length of the outer pipe. The fire prevention apparatus also includes fire retardant disposed in a gap between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The outer pipe is configured to compress when a force is applied to the outer pipe, so as to cause the fire retardant to pass through the perforations into the inner pipe.
US11524179B2	Systems, devices, and methods for high quality ion beam formation Embodiments of systems, devices, and methods relating to a beam system. An example beam system includes a charged particle source configured to generate a beam of charged particles, a pre-accelerator system configured to accelerate the beam, and an accelerator configured to accelerate the beam from the pre-accelerator system. The pre-accelerator system can cause the beam to converge as it is propagated from the source to an input aperture of the accelerator. The pre-accelerator system can further reduce or eliminate source disturbance or damage caused by backflow traveling from the accelerator toward the source.
US11524171B2	Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field In methods for treating a patient, a time varying magnetic field is applied to a patient's body and causes a muscle contraction. The time-varying magnetic field may be monophasic, biphasic, polyphasic and/or static. The method may reduce adipose tissue, improve metabolism, blood and/or lymph circulation. The method may use combinations of treatments to enhance the visual appearance of the patient.
US11524169B2	Charge balanced cardiac pacing from high voltage circuitry of an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator system An extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) having a high voltage therapy module is configured to control a high voltage charging circuit to charge a capacitor to a pacing voltage amplitude to deliver charge balanced pacing pulses. The capacitor is chargeable to a shock voltage amplitude that is greater than the pacing voltage amplitude. The ICD is configured to enable switching circuitry of the high voltage therapy module to discharge the capacitor to deliver a first pulse having a first polarity and a leading voltage amplitude corresponding to the pacing voltage amplitude for pacing the patient's heart via a pacing electrode vector selected from extra-cardiovascular electrodes. The high voltage therapy module delivers a second pulse after the first pulse. The second pulse has a second polarity opposite the first polarity and balances the electrical charge delivered during the first pulse.
US11524152B1	Valves and hubs for tubular devices and methods for making and using them A valve is provided for a sheath, catheter, or other tubular device that includes a first face, a second face opposite the first face and an axis extending between the first and second faces. A first slit extends substantially parallel to the axis from the first face towards the second face to a first intermediate location within the valve body, a second slit extends substantially parallel to the axis from the second face towards the first face to a second intermediate location within the valve body, and a bore extends along the axis between the first intermediate location and the second intermediate location.
US11524151B2	Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery A filling aid. The filling aid includes a needle housing portion including at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, and a filling needle cradle including a filling needle, the filling needle cradle slidable connected to the needle housing portion and having a starting position and a filling position, wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a starting position to a filling position, the filling needle cradle slides from a starting position to a filling position, and wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a filling position to a starting position, the filling needle cradle slides from a filling position to a starting position.
US11524137B2	Cannula having nitinol reinforced inflow region An intravascular heart pump assembly can include a rotor with at least one impeller blade, and a cannula. The present application describes various cannulas that can be manufactured from multiple layers of material to improve flexibility, manufacturability, and durability without increasing an outer diameter of the cannula. In one embodiment, the cannula includes an inflow section having a sheet formed of a shape memory material embedded within a polymer and having at least one lateral hole or aperture in the inflow section. The at least one lateral hole is defined by a first hole in the sheet and a second hole in the outer polymer layer of the cannula. The first hole and the second hole overlap so that blood can enter the cannula through the holes.
US11524135B2	Non-pharmaceutical systems and methods of treating the symptoms of fibromyalgia Non-pharmaceutical systems and methods of treating the symptoms of fibromyalgia are described. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a sensory stimulus to a person, wherein the sensory stimulus includes one or more visual stimuli and one or more auditory stimuli.
US11524130B2	Device, system and method for thermal capnography A device for measuring a concentration of a component in a target sample includes a flow chamber with a first channel that receives a reference sample having a known concentration of the component. The flow chamber also includes a second channel that receives the target sample having an unknown concentration of the component. A pump operates to pump the reference sample and the target sample at a same volume flow rate through the first and second channels, respectively. A thermal mass flow meter measures a thermal conductivity of the reference sample, a thermal conductivity of the target sample, or both.
US11524123B2	Safety assembly and medical device with safety assembly The invention relates to a safety assembly having—an attachment ring attached to the tip of the container and—a safety device covering at least the distal end of the needle, the safety device attached to the attachment ring. The attachment ring has an inner ring having an inner face provided with a snap feature, which engages a complementary snap feature on the tip of the container to prevent axial movement of the inner ring with respect to the container. The snap feature moves radially to engage the complementary snap feature on the tip of the container; and an outer ring is fixed on the inner ring, with a sleeve portion surrounding at least a portion of the inner ring to prevent radial movement of the snap feature once the snap feature has engaged the complementary snap feature on the tip of the container.
US11524116B2	Assembly for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device A drug delivery device includes a housing and a movable member, which is arranged to be rotatable in an incrementing direction and a decrementing direction, the movable member being operatively coupled to an energy storage member and biased to rotate into the decrementing direction by energy stored or storable in the energy storage member. Rotation of the movable member in the incrementing direction increases the energy stored in the energy storage member. The drug delivery device also includes a locking system including a locking feature, a block feature, and a release member, wherein the locking feature is arranged to cooperate with the block feature to form a releasable locking interface configured such that, when the releasable locking interface is established, rotational movement of the movable member relative to the housing is blocked in the decrementing direction, and when the releasable locking interface is released, the movable member is rotatable in the decrementing direction.
US11524109B2	Drug solution administration device and method for controlling drug solution administration device A drug solution administration device includes: an injection unit configured to inject a drug solution in vivo; a container; a push-out mechanism configured to allow the drug solution stored inside the container to flow into the injection unit; a sealing member attached to the push-out mechanism and pressed against a wall surface of the containing space; a drive mechanism configured to generate a drive force for moving the push-out mechanism back and forth; and a control unit is configured such that, when a predetermined time has passed after the control unit controls the drive mechanism to stop operation of the drive mechanism, the control unit controls the drive mechanism to move the push-out mechanism and to shift a position of the sealing member relative to the wall surface of the containing space.
US11524107B2	System, method, and apparatus for electronic patient care A system for electronic patient care includes a hub. The hub is configured to monitor a patient-care device. The sandbox may be configured to control access to at least one of a hardware resource and a software resource. The hub is further configured to identify the patient-care device and execute an application to monitor the patient-care device. The hub executes the application within the sandbox component such that the application accesses the at least one of the hardware resource and the software resource through the sandbox component. The hub may be further configured to control the patient-care device. The hub may be further configured to receive an identification from the patient-care device and download the application from a server associated with the identification. The hub may be further configured to receive an identification from the patient-care device and update the application from a server associated with the identification.
US11524106B2	Blockage detection in reduced pressure therapy Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a pump assembly and a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound. The pump assembly and the wound dressing can be fluidically connected to facilitate delivery of negative pressure to a wound via a fluid flow path. The system can be configured to efficiently deliver negative pressure and to detect and indicate presence of conditions, such as a blockage in a fluid flow path. Monitoring of the conditions can be performed by detecting a level of activity of a pump of the pump assembly.
US11524094B2	Porous composite material The present invention relates to porous composite materials and objects such as 3D scaffolds, in particular to bioactive and bioresorbable scaffolds that can be transformed at body temperature.
US11524087B2	Microwave assisted methods and systems for surface decontamination Disclosed are microwave assisted methods and systems for decontaminating a variety of contaminated surfaces. The systems and methods comprise treating the surfaces with benign chemical formulations followed by exposing to microwave irradiation for short periods of time to achieve at least 6-log reduction in biological contaminants including spores of B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, and P. roqueforti. Chemical formulations may comprise copper (II) chloride in water. The formulations may include a surfactant such as a polyethylene sorbitol ester surfactant.
US11524084B2	Ultraviolet face shield systems for reducing germ transmission Several embodiments relating to ultraviolet face shield systems and methods of use are provided herein. Such face shield systems feature an ultraviolet light source capable of inactivating, destroying, or killing germs, bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens such as human coronavirus COVID-19, and protecting individual(s) from infection.
US11524078B2	Water-soluble macromolecular derivative of Venetoclax The present invention aims at providing novel means for administering Venetoclax, wherein the means reduces the burden on a patient caused by taking Venetoclax and achieves a good balance between the effect and safety of Venetoclax. The present invention relates to a water-soluble macromolecular derivative that includes a plurality of Venetoclaxs, each Venetoclax being linked to a terminal carboxyl group of a multi-arm water-soluble polymer via an amide bond.
US11524077B2	Orally active, cell-penetrating homing peptide and methods using same Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for oral delivery of targeted therapies for pulmonary diseases, fibrotic disorders and cancer. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to diseased tissue and enable targeted therapies to affect a beneficial therapeutic result. The disclosed targeting is useful for oral delivery of therapeutic and detectable agents to diseased tissue in an animal.
US11524072B2	Vaccine delivery method A vaccine delivery method is presented that includes a composition including as one component a slurry matrix that is a liquid at room temperature and a gel at physiological pH, physiological salt concentrations and/or physiological temperatures and as a second component one or more antigens. Also included are methods of inducing an immune response in a subject and vaccinating a subject by administering such compositions.
US11524071B2	Lipidated immune response modifier compound compositions, formulations, and methods The compound N-(4-{[4-amino-2-butyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]oxy}butyl)octadecanamide is a useful drug compound for enhancing immune response and can be used, for example, as a coronavirus vaccine adjuvant.
US11524066B2	Henipavirus vaccine The present invention is directed to an artificial nucleic acid and to polypeptides suitable for use in treatment or prophylaxis of an infection with Henipavirus, particularly Hendra virus and/or Nipah virus or a disorder related to such an infection. In particular, the present invention concerns a Hendra virus and/or Nipah virus vaccine. The present invention is directed to an artificial nucleic acid, polypeptides, compositions and vaccines comprising the artificial nucleic acid or the polypeptides. The invention further concerns a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, first and second medical uses of the artificial nucleic acid, polypeptides, compositions and vaccines. Further, the invention is directed to a kit, particularly to a kit of parts, comprising the artificial nucleic acid, polypeptides, compositions and vaccines.
US11524065B2	Large and small T antigens of merkel cell polyomavirus, nucleic acid constructs and vaccines made therefrom, and methods of using same Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleotide sequences that encode a consensus Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCV) T antigen. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against MCV are disclosed. Method of treating infection by MCV and methods of treating or preventing Merkel Cell Carcinoma associated with MCV are disclosed. Modified consensus MCV T antigens are disclosed.
US11524058B2	Oral dissolving films containing microencapsulated vaccines and methods of making same An oral dissolving film containing nano- or micro-encapsulated bioactive material and methods of forming the film. The film may be prepared by dispensing a mixture of a film-forming agent, a crosslinking agent, a solution of nano- or micro-encapsulated bioactive material, and a photoinitiator into a plurality of wells in a tray using a 3D printer. The dispensed material is exposed to radiation in order to crosslink the material and form a film.
US11524053B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of angiogenic disorders using anti-VEGF agents Provided are methods and compositions for treatment of angiogenic disorders using anti-VEGF agents. The anti-VEGF agents comprise VEGF binding domains and have the ability to bind vitreous. Provided are exemplary embodiments of Fc-IgG fusion proteins with VEGF binding domains with strong heparin-binding characteristics, strong inhibition of VEGF mitogenic activity, and improved pharmacokinetics, namely longer half-lives of the anti-VEGF agents and consequently less frequent dosing.
US11524047B2	Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating pulmonary metastasis of cancer including CHI3L1 inhibitor as active ingredient The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating pulmonary metastasis of cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions that enhance anti-cancer immunity of the lung rather than induce death of advanced cancer, thus being effective in inhibiting, preventing or treating pulmonary metastasis of cancer.
US11524046B2	Biofilm prevention, disruption and treatment with bacteriophage lysin The present invention provides methods for the prevention, control, disruption and treatment of bacterial biofilms with lysin, particularly lysin having capability to kill Staphlococcal bacteria, including drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus, particularly the lysin PlySs2. The invention also provides compositions and methods for use in treatment or modulation of bacterial biofilm(s) and biofilm formation.
US11524045B2	Peptides for dry eye disease Disclosed are ophthalmic compositions, methods for using the compositions and kits comprising the compositions for treating dry eye in a subject in need thereof. The composition comprises at least one peptide that is an inhibitor of trans-endothelial migration, an analogue, variant, derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient for treating dry eye and ocular diseases of inflammation.
US11524044B2	Strengthening and tumor eliminating traditional Chinese medicine composition, its preparation method and application This invention provides a strengthening and tumor eliminating traditional Chinese medicine composition, its preparation method and application, which specifically relate to the technical field of the treatment of intermediate and advanced stage and postoperative malignant tumor, wherein the strengthening and tumor eliminating traditional Chinese medicine composition comprises: 8-30 parts of Radix codonopsis, 5-30 parts of Rhizoma atractylodis Macrocephalae, 5-30 parts of Poria cocos, 5-30 parts of Pseudobulb of Appendiculate cremastra, 5-30 parts of Scutellaria barbata, 5-30 parts of Sarcandra glabra, 3-30 parts of peach kernel, 2-30 parts of Ligustrum lucidum, 5-30 parts of Eclipta and 1-20 parts of licorice. This invention also provides a preparation method of the described strengthening and tumor eliminating traditional Chinese medicine composition.

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